I am not a Scrooge. I love shopping for Christmas gifts and baking cookies.
But there are a few things about holidays that do not fill me with comfort and joy.
The Pennsylvania lottery has been playing the same commercial since I was in middle school. I could recite the entire annoying take on the 12 Days of Christmas. I know production costs are high but please hearing this at least once a day is driving me nuts.
But the worst by far are the classic Christmas clips that are played on a certain unnamed channel before the evening news.
Soon, just as I was getting over my political ad hangover, Hardrock, Coco and Joe - The Three Little Dwarfs, Suzy Snowflake and Frosty will be played every day. Frosty is a little bit bearable.
I understand that these are classics and that there are people who wait all year for the cartoons to be on TV. I am just not one of them.
I have this horrible habit of getting annoying songs stuck in my head. This week, thanks to my wonderful husband, I had “I left a bottle of sparkling apple juice at your house, did you get it,” in my head. This was a clip from a SNL clip about a month ago.
Even writing this I am singing in my head “Ole olady olady I ay - Donner and Blitzen away away - Ole olady olady I oh - I’m Hardrock, I’m Coco, I’m Joe.” The madness will not stop.
Maybe I am just a creature of change but I like a little variety. There is one and only one exception to this rule – the Eat ‘n Park commercial with the Christmas tree that bends down helps the star to the top. That is one of my favorite holiday commercials.
Well now all I can do is wait because despite what I think ‚ÄúHere comes Suzy Snowflake - Dressed in a snow white gown - Tap, tap, tappin‚Äô at your window pane - To tell you she’s in town.‚Äù
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