The Lengths We’ll Go For Christmas Joy

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On Monday of this past week, we discovered the old-school tinsel decorations were up at our shopping center. On Wednesday, we saw the evergreen festoons being strung on the lampposts of Princeton. And on Thursday, I turned the final big corner of my workday commute and was met with a vision of the ultimate in our little town’s Christmas finery — the light-up snowflakes.

The appearance of light-up snowflakes marks the time of year where we can officially say it’s the holidays. No, we can’t put up Christmas stuff at home until after Thanksgiving, and, yes, we’ll still feel guilty eating Christmas candy too early at any point before December 1st, but that doesn’t matter. If the snowflakes are up, everyday at work seems easier because it’s the holidays! Every bad hockey game (and we’re seeing a lot these days) doesn’t seem as bad because it’s the holidays!

It goes without saying that we couldn’t not go out to photograph the snowflakes, so this evening, once it got sufficiently dark, we ventured out, camera in hand. It was pretty warm, and there had been gray skies all day, but that didn’t seem to be a problem. We moseyed up to the corner and got the snowflakes in our sights. I raised the camera, snapped one shot, and that’s when it started. First it was a drizzle. No problem! Schnookie took a few more shots, then declared the rain was getting a little heavier. Uh, perhaps a problem? Schnookie bundled the camera up and we turned around to head back home. As soon as we got to the top of our street, the heavens opened. Big problem.

I have never in my 30 years, been out in rain that hard for that long. Sheets of rain were pounding all around us. The wind kept changing to make sure every inch of our clothing was as completely soaked as it could be. Puddles turned to oceans beneath our feet! It was awful.

But, we got the picture, and that’s all the matters. Because… It’s the holidays!

Update: Shortly after getting home, we discovered the camera is broken. We had it under a waterproof vest for most of the rain, and had used it in heavier rain before, but… It’s shot. It’s got a blue light of death and won’t do anything. It tricked us into thinking it was fine because it took several pictures when we got in from the rain, and let us upload all the pictures, but then it gave up the ghost. In short, these stupid light-up snowflakes bring the worst Christmas joy EVAH! Poopy.

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