Top 10 Beloved Holiday Traditions

Holidays,
  1. The six months of Panettone
  2. Discovering the thing that sounds so good online, but Instagram neglects to tell you that it was Done for the Season three weeks ago
  3. Finding the truly unique item that is completely amazing, but you don’t really want it, so you have to figure out who to buy it for.
  4. The annual pilgrimage to complain about crowds, shopping, human condition
  5. Getting out of work early the day before Christmas, to go home and spend a bunch more hours finishing up last-minute holiday preparations that, truth be told, you probably should have done last weekend
  6. Setting aside a couple of the new product for yourself during the four hours between its exit from the truck and when it is completely sold out forever
  7. The gigantic novelty bottle of wine to bring to the family dinner
  8. The things made from wool that turn out to be cookies
  9. Internal discussion about your ability to afford the awesome thing versus how much you need the awesome thing, which becomes more complicated when considering your estimation of how much your partner will also love it, which will be resolved when you discover that it is almost out of stock and you get paid in two days anyway.
  10. Thawing things