So it seems households around the South will have fewer mood swings now that SEC football is over. I think it had to end before the Christmas season entered so that no fatherly Scrooges could be present on Saturday game days if "their" team lost. After all, "they" played so hard and have been through so much, so "they" deserve to win, right? Maybe I'm wrong, but I haven't seen any of "them" in pads...
The irony is I have watched more football this year than I have ever before, but I chose to be emotionally uninvolved and actually still enjoyed it.
Christmas is soon approaching and so are the songs on the radio, so I also choose to put one favorite Christmas song and one Christmas picture on my blog for the sheer enjoyment of having a little bit of a good thing before 96.5 drowns out everything else. I just see it that sometimes good things, like football and Christmas, are blown into images they weren't meant to fit, so this is one small effort to savor the simple.
On the left are two Christmas keepsakes I consider pure and simple: Celine Dion singing her heart out, and three 7th graders performing a mini-play (old Scrooge,his Christmas ghost, and young Scrooge). I chose Celine for the pure beauty of the song, and the picture for the ability of kids to bring to life an oftentimes boring play that made my day. It's amazing how a Beatles wig, a hockey mask, and a plastic baseball helmet, not to mention the midget pose, can produce a masterpiece performance.
Not posted here but dear to my heart is Amy Grant's "O Come All Ye Faithful," another pure joy in the midst over done things.
Moments in the Blur
9 years ago
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I unfortunately have gotten wrapped up in the football madness, the small amount of testosterone in my body has taken over. But, I too am relieved of the football break in our midst- but maybe that is just because my team lost...and Em, how could you not mention Amy Grant's "My Grown Up Christmas List"- you know we do her best :) Daybed performers unite!!
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