Holiday Cheer
Well it's that time of year and my favorite Christmas carol is Tis The Season To Be Surly. Yes, surly. You go out to do some shopping and store clerks and other shoppers all have scowls on their faces and mayhem in their hearts. At least this is the way it seems to me. I always try to maintain a smile and good cheer while I am out at this time of year but that just seems to make people madder. I don't know maybe I smile and am happy just to see the reaction of the surly people around me. If we all do this though maybe the Christmas season will be happier for all.
Lord, confound this surly sister,
Blight her brow with blotch and blister,
Cramp her larynx, lung and liver,
In her guts a galling give her.
J.M. (John Millington) Synge (1871-1909)
Well it's that time of year and my favorite Christmas carol is Tis The Season To Be Surly. Yes, surly. You go out to do some shopping and store clerks and other shoppers all have scowls on their faces and mayhem in their hearts. At least this is the way it seems to me. I always try to maintain a smile and good cheer while I am out at this time of year but that just seems to make people madder. I don't know maybe I smile and am happy just to see the reaction of the surly people around me. If we all do this though maybe the Christmas season will be happier for all.
Lord, confound this surly sister,
Blight her brow with blotch and blister,
Cramp her larynx, lung and liver,
In her guts a galling give her.
J.M. (John Millington) Synge (1871-1909)
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