Yay! The Holidays are Almost Over!!

Posted by Jenny Jerkface

I have finally recovered from my "holy crap it's the holidays" post traumatic stress that I've been fighting these past couple of weeks. It's not that I hate the holidays; quite the opposite, actually.

I was the lucky one that hosted Christmas Eve dinner, something which greatly amused my mother since, not only am I an atheist, I also don't cook. Despite the fact that my oven smelled like burning dust when my sister-in-law turned it on (she was horrified, I think, but I DID warn her) and I don't own a measuring cup, everything turned out pretty damn good.

Thankfully, my family doesn't particularly care about atheism, since most of them are either non-believers themselves or simply feel that religion is not an issue to be concerned with. There were some jokes about my X-mas tree and the fact that I had about 900 lights on it. We argued a little over the history of the Christmas tree but since we're German, that origin won. There are so many different stories about origin of the tree that I don't feel the least bit bad putting one up.

I know there are those people who feel that non-believers shouldn't partake in the festivities this time of year. Those people can kiss my non-believing ass. This is the time of year where we all should be getting together to spend time with our friends and family, celebrating. I consider these holidays my end of year extravaganza. It's a time to play, drink, eat disgusting amounts of food and get presents!

Hope everyone had a good holiday!