Thursday, December 24, 2009
It's Christmas Time In The City
Well, tonight the TV was full of holiday cheer ... and all the right kind! First I stumbled upon the original How The Grinch Stole Christmas and that was fun to see again. It's been a number of years since I've watched it. It's certainly a classic. Later in the evening I made a point to enjoy the annual Christmas episode on Letterman, as I do every year, because I absolutely love seeing Darlene Love perform "Christmas, Baby Please Come Home." I don't know what it is but seeing her belt that song out, with the background singers, the cascading piano and the fake falling snow never ceases to give me chills. 
I am the biggest sucker for Christmas cheer. I've always loved the holiday. That changed for a while after my mom got cancer and found out, the day of our big family Christmas party, that the chemo hadn't worked and she was going to die. I will say, I really lost my love for it. Having your mom announce to your entire family that she is going to die puts a real damper on things. I didn't come out of my room the whole night. I think watching that Darlene Love performance hits me in a special place. It's bittersweet and sort of tears me up but makes me feel warm remembering the great memories I had with her.
And then there was a totally unexpected treat catching The Muppets do "The Twelve Days Of Christmas" with Jimmy Fallon, like they did with John Denver years ago. It was really cute, and again, reminded me of Christmas's past. Man, The Muppets sure are getting around lately! The most hilarious part was seeing them rock out to the Late Late Show theme music as the show ended. That was so spirited puppet dancing, let me tell you! Priceless.
I'll never apologize for being such a softy for Christmas. Anyone so jaded they can't enjoy all the season has to offer is truly living a sadly inferior existence in my humble opinion.
