may the vacations begin. bring on the bows. red and white stripped. gleaming glaring gold. tuck the tissue paper neatly in the corners. break out a little schnapps and sip 'til you're gone and come. mix up the gel with fruit, hang some tinsel too, flip the christmas tree flapjacks, smear them with winter invoking syrup, the real maple kind that cost 4 bucks.

watch the sparkles glow in little eyes, think of better days and better years, and try to measure up. forget about the workplace, it'll still be there when you get back. from winter lala land, filled with ho ho ho. skating through sweet sugared memories and mistletoed kisses with strange men in their underwear.

i'm as insignificant as the forming of these words. and still i'm part of everything.

happy happy.