From Winter Wonderland to Disgusting Murky Hell

Christmas is literally magical.  I'm not talking about the kind of magic that brings warmth and kindness into our hearts and makes us want to give change to needy children in the cold.  I mean that The days between November 25th and December 25 have some weird sparkly dust in it.  It's like we all get brainwashed in those days but the minute those days are over somewhere during the time we are all sleeping on Christmas night the Christmas magic disappears.  Let me explain.

Scenario: A snowstorm.

Example one: December 21st.  It's been a long day at work.  You are all ready to go home and you're very tired and a little stressed.  You walk outside to see the snow gently falling from the sky.  You smile as one small snowflake falls onto your nose and melts.  You turn on your car as the song "Silver Bells" comes on over the radio.  The lights in the city are sparkly as the snow glistens in the sky.  The night smells like joy and the air is crisp.  The feeling of Christmas is with everyone.

Example two: December 26th. You wake up with a stuffy nose.  How the heck did that happen.  The whole day of Christmas all you did was stay inside and watch movies.  How is it possible you got a cold.  Still you have to go to work.  You turn on the morning news to find out that it snowed all night.  It also got below freezing so now all the roads are frozen over with ice.  There are already a few cars sliding off the roads and traffic is worse than ever.  You walk outside in the snow and start cleaning off your car. The snow is perma-plaqued onto your window to the point where you are looking out the wee bottoms of your windows because you've given up trying to scrape it all.  You turn on the radio to hear classics like 'Maybe I like it' and 'One more Night'.  Nothing brings a happy feeling like fornication and adultery!  Car horns and screeching tires fill up the air.

How does that happen?  How does one day change everything?  It's like night and day.  It goes from Let it Snow, Mr. Snowman to Make it stop you evil man also known as Frost Bite!  I think we need a smoother transition.  Maybe we should try to get the radio stations and tv stations to keep playing all the cheesy music and movies for a little longer.  No chances are we would all get so sick of it in a day.  Maybe we need to create a new Holiday in January where we all get time off work and are required to go play in the snow for a day.  That might help.  I dunno but I do know that right now I'm sitting at work and people have come in tired, grumpy and cold whereas two days ago they've come in with Holiday spirit up the whazoo.