Today is the Winter Solstice (technically, it occurred at 1747 UTC, but let’s not be picky). Simply put, today supposedly had the shortest number of daylight hours out of any day during the year. I’m not so sure about that, since I’ve spent the past three days indoors due to the freakin’ blizzard and haven’t seen much of the sun anyway. Anyway, the days begin getting longer from this point forward, so that’s always a good thing.
Today is also the traditional first day of winter here in the northern hemisphere. Though, a quick search of Wikipedia taught me that many cultures consider today to be midwinter because they judge their seasons strictly on the length of the days. Honestly, I don’t give a shit. All it means to me is that it’s way too cold outside and Christmas and New Year’s Eve are almost upon us.
That being said, I heard Elvis singing “Blue Christmas” the other day. I couldn’t help but be reminded of the best (and most annoying) version of this song ever recorded. You’ve most likely heard it so many times that you want to stab yourself in the eye, but in case you haven’t, here it is just in time to get into the holiday spirit.
“Th-th-th-th-that’s all folks!”
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