Kumbaya

Always give 💯% unless it's blood Antoinette.

Ah, the holidays are upon us and people are all about giving. We're making our lists for Santa, and playing Santa for others. 🎅Christmas spirit abounds with the good will to be had by all. And most importantly, there's ample opportunity to share in good cheer with that other stocking stuffer...better known as wine.😉 (Remember, if you are following the Advent calendar we are 2 Sunday's in... you should be transitioning to reds now). 🍷For those of you who prefer to celebrate the baby Jesus, lyin' there in [his] ghost manger, just lookin' at Baby Einstein developmental videos, learnin' 'bout shapes and colors, Instead of the adult Jesus with a beard who I believe liked Lynyrd Skynyrd and before he changed religions then you can go ahead and start with manischewitz when Hanukkah kicks off tomorrow. 🕎Actually, I'm not sure, but that might be your only choice.🤔  However, I am sure that Kinky Friedman was right when he sang "they ain't making Jews like Jesus anymore..." Anyway, regardless if you follow the Old or the New, this last year is a Testament that people are totes cray and we are gonna need all the gluhwein and manischewitz we can find to make it to New Year's. So fill up your glass and lets knock the edge off for all the bitter souls upset about elections, appropriated Halloween costumes, professors who don't grant extensions, inanimate statues, triggering words and Goodell suspending the best running back thereby ruining fantasy teams and America's team in one fail swoop. Also, the holidays are no time to relish in your own personal schadenfreude. If you weren't with her then don't gloat. Nor should you be rubbing it in that you escaped the Bern and the burn. Although there may be some similarities, California is not the home of Sodom and Gomorrah... besides, it's the home of great wines so the last thing we want is a real life "Inferno" movie. And though it may be fun to make fun of the least popular entity in public opinion polls below even Hollywood, the 4th estate, there's no sense wasting time worrying about fake news📰, Rachel Madcow, or the Puffington Host. If they want to ruin watching Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer for themselves by claiming it's a parable on racism and homophobia, then it's just too deep for them to understand. Better leave it to the intelligentsia...4 year olds. Instead, I suggest we use the holidays to spread goodwill, accept our differences, show respect for all, and embrace some Old Testament knowledge from Proverbs: "Give strong drink to him who is perishing, and wine to those who are bitter of heart... and remember his misery no more." That's something we can build on just like a good Carpenter, then we can all sing 👨‍🎤...sing a song. Sing out loud,
Sing out strong. Sing of good things not bad.
Sing of happy not sad. Sing, sing a song,
Make it simple to last your whole life long.
Don't worry that it's not good enough for anyone
Else to hear, just sing, sing a song.

Let's get some kumbaya up in here!