Ready-Made XMas

Being a human being, I get busy at the Holiday time along with thousands- probably millions- of other people. And, like most people, I appreciate certain inventions that can save me a little time and effort, like electricity and washing machines, which I gratefully utilize in between Holiday goings-on. But have our 'time-savers' turned into 'I-hardly-need-to-try-ers'?

Take cookies and pie crusts- once the  guage of a woman's character was judged by her collection of  hand-made cookies and pastries at this time of year, as homemade goods had such quality they were given as gifts. Now, Meijer sells rolls of plastic dough a person just cuts up or slaps in a pie tin- the only skill involved is turning the oven knob to 'on'.

Or what's up with these big, blow-up Christmas toys I see half-deflated in everyone's yards? Apparently the tradition of putting up strings of lights each Christmas has proven too much work for many, but lugging a 50-lb vinyl blow-up outdoors with a constantly-running electric motor isn't.

It just seems to me that some of the excitement over the Christmas season gets lost when we skip over things that might take a little work, but are classic staples of the holiday. My husband sums it up like this: "What, no one wants to freeze their buns off stapling lights to the house for hours? But that's what makes the hot chocolate taste so good when you come indoors!"

 

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[yeah right]

Well, you know, today's women may want their character judged on something more substantial than how good their cookies are.