December 17, 2006
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Into the Season
Christmas time tends to be a pretty enjoyable season. The most stressful thing about it is perhaps buying gifts, and when you don’t really celebrate it (apart from exchanging a couple gifts with your friends, perhaps) then it’s perfect: all the holiday cheer, with none of the pressure.
For me, the only other thing I dislike about Christmas is that it’s during winter, and I hate cold weather. But considering it’s been an average of 50 to 60 degrees over the past two weeks, no complaints there either.
But a funny thing happened on the way out of Chinese class week before last (Dec. 9th). I was meeting up with someone for lunch, and there we saw a group of folks being led by Ebenezer Scrooge, Bob Cratchit, Mrs Cratchit, Tiny Tim, and the Ghost of Christmas Present. … Well, the leading was done by the Cratchits; Scrooge and the Ghost were off to the side, observing. So, they acted out one of the scenes from A Christmas Carol, and segued into a bit about the history behind the Navy Memorial and National Archives area (which were right behind us — don’t ask me how they went from Christmas Present to the Navy Memorial, but it worked).
I asked Google what the deal was, and he told me about the
Historic
Strolls – Historic Walking Tours of Washington, D.C.. It’s a
rather interesting (and original?) concept… There’s another one on
December 23rd if you’re interested enough.
©Michael
Temchine — The Washington PostEnding the Year
Otherwise, things are closing out for this year. My Chinese class just ended yesterday, and I’m preparing to leave for vacation this Thursday (more on that later this week). Work is winding down, and I’m still researching taking math courses next year, though things get real complicated with that.
And I just spent 3 hours cleaning up my kitchen. Finally got that damned grease off the stove, and it only took 2 heavy-duty sponges and half a thing of Lysol.
Anyway, my last post of the year will be just before I leave for vacation. That’ll center more on what I’ll be doing and where I’ll be going. ‘Til then. KF
Comments (1)
I get the Historical Strolls bit. [They do an Old Town Alexandria one, and they did special ghost-related ones around Halloween.] But yeah, Navy Memorial + Christmas Carol? That’s a little odd. I suppose it does get people’s attention long enough to teach them something about history.
The weather is unnatural! I want snow! And holiday shopping isn’t all that stressful. But then again, having a small family might help.
Cleaning the stove. There’s something that takes way more effort than it should. The oven, that’s something I am dreading to clean, but really should when I get back from New Jersey next week.