Theme Week, Part Turtle Dove

Tips For The Holidays Week!  Set expectations:  Despite what the commercials say, nobody is getting a Lexus from me

But I think I really deserve one.

Well, that's your opinion.  The simple fact of the matter is, I'm not going to be buying a Lexus for myself or anybody I know, so don't get your hopes too far up.  This goes for just about everything in the Holiday season...don't expect absolute perfection out of the entire ordeal.  

It's a mess.  

Presents are tough to find, and there's only so many of them out there, so you may double-up on a present with somebody else and the giftee will end up with two of them.  Oh well.  The tree may lose a couple needles and your carpet won't be perfect.  These things happen.  The family cat is all but guaranteed to take a dump right around the time the entire family has gathered around to sing Christmas Carols.  Oops.  The aforementioned carols are going to be horrifically off-key.  Deal with it.  One of the stockings hung by the chimney with care may catch fire.  What are you going to do?  The place mats on the dining room table may be a little wrinkled.  Nobody will actually be bothered by this. 

That whole water off a duck's back thing applies very much to the Christmas season, so go ahead and relax.  Things will go right, and things will go wrong...just like any other time of year.  The important thing is to set your expectations properly so that two of you don't buy the same person the same color Lexus. 


One other thing that Jeremy would like to note.  In case you're wondering (and he always has), Turtle Doves are not only not indigenous to North America (so good luck getting them for your true love), but they have absolutely nothing to do with turtles...ninja or otherwise.  The name is derived from the Latin "Turtur," meaning "Dove."