So it’s Friday. We made it. If you’re reading this right now, the world didn’t end, and for that, we should all celebrate. Of course, there are still several hours left in the day, so I’m not making any promises. But, look on the bright side: either way you have an excuse to get drunk. And I don’t think I’m alone in saying that all of us could use a drink or eight.
For those of us in the US, the world may not have ended, but it is different. When Festivus began, none of us had ever heard of Sandy Hook Elementary School. Now, the name of that school along with the names of the 26 innocents who died there is seared forever into our hearts and minds. Many of us have spent the week airing our grievances over this tragedy, and Emily and I have struggled with how to continue our Festivus celebrations in light of everything that’s happened.
Ultimately we decided that the show must go on because we could all use a reason to smile, and because we want to celebrate that we are a part of such a wonderful, supportive community of bloggers. I speak for both of us when I say that we were absolutely blown away by the thought and effort you guys put into choosing gifts for each other. Some of them were hilarious, others more heartfelt, but each and every one of them was thoughtful in a way that went above and beyond anything we expected when we first started brainstorming this little holiday celebration.
Alright, I can see you all fidgeting in your seats, so we’ll get to the goods already.
The hints have been dropped, your guesses have been made, and now it’s time to see how wrong you were. Put on your ugly sweaters, have your booze at the ready, and if you would, give me a drum roll, please…
1 Point Perspective received a gift from Liquorstore Bear
25 to Fly received a gift from Meizac
& Squatch Makes Three received a gift from El Guapo
Ambling and Rambling received a gift from The Diary of Mr. Ghost
A Clown on Fire received a gift from I Fkkn Rock
A Flock of Crows received a gift from Lily in Canada
A Gripping Life received a gift from Harper Faulker
A Rich Full Life In Spite of It received a gift from The Bumble Files
Becoming Cliche received a gift from A Clown on Fire
Ben’s Opinion received a gift from A Gripping Life
Broken Condoms received a gift from Brother Jon
Brother Jon received a gift from Shoes on the Wrong Feet
Chez Casa received a gift from The Cheeky Diva
Clip Snark received a gift from Psycho Babble
Creative Liar received a gift from Thoughts and Musings
Disorderly Chickadee received a gift from Unfettered BS
Dork Daddy received a gift from Someone Fat Happened
El Guapo received a gift from You’ve Been Hooked
Excitement on the Side received a gift from Never Contrary
Fear No Weebles received a gift from Healthy Takeover
Harper Faulker received a gift from Just Another Canadian Gurl
Healthy Takeover received a gift from Krug the Thinker
Hello, Greece! received a gift from I’d Rather Be in Iceland
I Fkkn Rokk received a gift from Ruminations on Love and Lunchmeat
I Thought This Would Be Easier received a gift from Excitement on the Side
I’ll Sleep When They’re Grown received a gift from The Middlest Sister
I’d Rather Be in Iceland received a gift from Mooselicker
Jiltaroo received a gift from Wendy’s Works
Just Another Canadian Gurl received a gift from A Rich Full Life in Spite of It
Krug the Thinker received a gift from Broken Condoms
Laments and Lullabies received a gift from I’ll Sleep When They’re Grown
Large Self received a gift from Lazy Laura Maisey
Lazy Laura Maisey received a gift from Becoming Cliche
Life in These Times received a gift from A Flock of Crows
Lily in Canada received a gift from Clip Snark
Liquorstore Bear received a gift from Sips of Jen and Tonic
Meizac received a gift from Summer Solstice Musings
Mooselicker received a gift from Fear No Weebles
Never Contrary received a gift from Life in These Times
Psycho Babble received a gift from Storyteller Girl
Ruminations on Love and Lunchmeat received a gift from Southern Sea Muse
Rutabaga the Mercenary Researcher received a gift from Large Self
Snide Reply received a gift from Rutabaga the Mercenary Researcher
SJ @ Snobbery received a gift from 25 to Fly
Shoes on the Wrong Feet received a gift from Creative Liar
Sips of Jen and Tonic received a gift from This Heart of Mine
Someone Fat Happened received a gift from I Thought This Would Be Easier
Southern Fried Chicken in Vegas received a gift from Dork Daddy
Southern Sea Muse received a gift from Chez Casa
Speaker7 received a gift from Jiltaroo
Storyteller Girl received a gift from Ben’s Opinion
Summer Solstice Musings received a gift from The Tragic Whale
The Bumble Files received a gift from Woman in the Middle
The Cheeky Diva received a gift from Southern Fried Chicken in Vegas
The Diary of Mr. Ghost received a gift from 1 Point Perspective
The Fur Files received a gift from Speaker 7
The Middlest Sister received a gift from Snide Reply
The Tragic Whale received a gift from Laments and Lullabies
This Heart of Mine received a gift from The Fur Files
Thoughts and Musings received a gift from Disorderly Chickadee
Unfettered BS received a gift from & Squatch Makes Three
Wendy’s Works received a gift from Hello, Greece!
Woman in the Middle received a gift from Ambling and Rambling
You’ve Been Hooked received a gift from SJ @ Snobbery
Instead of performing feats of physical strength–although I know all of us would like to see Le Clown wrestle someone while wearing his Festivus gift–we ask you to flex your muscles elsewhere.
The PTA at the school where Sandy Hook Elementary’s surviving students will now attend is asking for snowflakes. They want to give the kids “A White Christmas” when they return to classes after the New Year, and in order to do that, they need a little help. If you’d like to, and if you can get it there in time, make a snowflake of your own and send it to them.
They need all of the snowflakes by January 12, 2013. You can mail them to this address:
Connecticut PTSA
60 Connolly Pkwy, Building 12, Suite 103
Hamden, CT 06514
Now’s it’s time for the mingling and drunken debauchery to begin! Please see The Middlest Sister for your hot chocolate spiked with Bailey’s and Peppermint Schnapps. Mooselicker will be over in the corner waiting to hit on you once you’re drunk. Guap will provide the music, and Ericka’s new penguin, Dave, will provide the entertainment. And, before the evening is through, we hope you’ll all join us outside to watch Alex Rodriguez get run over by a reindeer car.
A very merry holiday to you and yours, and may all of you have the happiest of New Years!
