Hello, everyone. I hope you're enjoying the holidays. That's all I have to say in this opening.

Holiday Cheer

For most people the holidays come only once a year. Not for me though. And not for many others. You see, for someone like me, the holidays are frequent and throughout the entire year. It's really a very special feeling.

All throughout the year I get to experience the amazing feelings one normally only goes through during the holiday season. I get to huddle up near the fire with my family while taking in the essences of the holidays. I get to bask in the warm feeling of love and friendship while singing Christmas carols. I even get to enjoy great savings on things I don't need at all. All without having to deal with the harsh realities of life which one can normally dismiss only around the holiday season. How do I do this? Well it's very simple.

I have very little money and very poor health.

When you have that kind of life, the holiday season means very little. It's pretty much Christmas for me any time it's cold.

When it's cold I tend to get sick. Because of that, I end up wrapping myself up in a blanket and warming my hands with the cinnamon scented candles I have, which, by the way, are of a brand called Essences.

When I'm sick, I also tend be a bit more friendly. Maybe it's because I just want to get better and will put up less of a fight so as to conserve my energy. Maybe it's in part because of the light-head inducing painkillers I take while sick. Who can say. The point is that when I'm sick, everybody is my friend, and I want to sing songs with them. Songs which I don't know the words to, and so I fill the vast sections of lyrics I don't know with Jingle Bells.

♪I'm going off the rails, hey it's Jingle Bells♪

As for the savings, dollar stores are where I do all my shopping regardless of what time of year it is.

Finally, the reason I don't have to deal with that stress most other people go through is that I have it somewhat easy. Most people are nice to me because in person I don't get angry with anyone and I'm very polite. I don't get angry because having grown up with very little, I have extremely low standards and expectations. If the person at Mcdonald's gives me the wrong order, I'm just happy that I get to keep living because, hey, I could have been hit by a car on the way there. But that didn't happen. And I get to try something new. That sounds pretty good to me.

So, you see, life is good. And that makes it feel like every day is a holiday. You get to spend time with your family because you're often home while sick. You get to try new things and keep living because the bad food that leads to you being sick isn't quite so bad that it kills you. And you get to shop cheap because you can only afford to shop at the 99¢ store because of all the work you miss from being sick because of all the bad food you eat because you can't afford to buy groceries. And while that may sound bad, it isn't, because you also have low expectations because of having to live that way. And so you smile when things don't quite as bad as they could have, and you sing to strangers because they're you're friends, and you smell Christmas all year round because those candles were on sale, and you feel warm and fuzzy because you need to stay warm with your blankets when you have a cold, and you feel great because at the very least there are some very effective and cheap medicines around, and thank goodness for that. So it's all good.

Isn't life wonderful?