gangsta wrap-ping paper

after my FOURTH trip to Target in two days, I've finally purchased enough hannukah wrapping paper. christ! pun intended. now i'm only a UPS overnight shipment away from being on time for a hannukah for the first time in my life. go me!

did jesus send christmas cards?

I was talking with some customers in the store yesterday and it came up that hanukkah is in 3 days. oh crap. My oldest brother and his family is Jewish which makes me probably the world's worst brother in terms of holidays. It's usually by blind luck that i'll remember to call on the high holidays. Even worse, hanukkah is a moving holiday. It's on different days every year.

To my benefit, hanukkah is probably a bigger deal to the christians who started this whole gift-giving bastardization of religion than it is to jews. Seriously, how do you turn the birth of your Savior into shopping malls, angry customers, and parking lots filled with the one-finger salute of christmas tidings. I think my dad has it right. Every year for as long as i can remember, whenever i asked him what he wanted for Christmas, he would just say that he wants to be with me and maybe go out to breakfast.

Next year, I think i'm just going to start sending plane tickets as christma-kah gifts.