The Jewish Way

I bet all of you are turning off the countdowns and pressing erase because it's finally the most wonderful time of the year (besides warm weather and birthday celebrations...)! I know half of the world and their dogs are clocking out of the 'real world' and turning into endless conversations with grandparents asking Any men in your life? or distance relatives (like a great aunts child niece..whatever) asking what are you majoring in/what are you doing with your life as of this very second?

Which is better? Work or uncomfortable questions? You tell me.

Besides my shift at work tonight (boo, retail...who shops at 6PM Xmas eve?) I am coming home, getting into PJ's and indulging in endless amounts of netflix and pinterest-ing. Alright, if I'm being super honest with you...pinterest is too much work so basically netflix it freaking is.

Tomorrow? Instead of waking up at the crack of dawn jumping over the landing on my stair case and into the room with the big pretty decorated tree with presents; I'll just be over here. In my bed. Waking up like it's a pretty normal day in the neighborhood. Later? It's time to run into every jewish person I know and chill with the chinks. Aka Chinese food and movies. 

Granted, I wish wish wish I celebrated christmas to have some fun family excitement and get an overload of presents in one sitting (besides my birthday), but there's nothing better than having a day where no one in my family has really anything planned. Besides movies on movies on movies. Such a crazy day, ya know! Then we sleep it off because boy are we pooped from moving from the couch to dinner to the car and back again. 

I'd also like to point out I'm the worst at tweeting on holidays. I don't tweet the generic Happy Thanksgiving/New Year/Merry Xmas, but since I'm a blogger I think thats a nice thing to do.

So Merry Christmas you party animals! Enjoy your instagrams next to trees/lights/and your creepy uncle who's dressed up as Santa.

It's thanksgivukkah betches.

Throwback to 1888, when the last time Thanksgiving and Hannukah had a baby, thus Thanksgivukkah was born. Next time, Not until 8100 which is honestly weird thing to say and think about. Chills, gtfo.

Truth be told, I'm jewish. If you didn't realize it by this post and this one, too. Tonight starts the festival of lights, and it's really not that exciting. I sometimes used to tell people I celebrated xmas because hannukah can be overrated. 

The good parts about Hannukah?

Adam Sandler. I mean he really is much more to me than Hannukah, but he made the public care about Hannukah. The one and only Hannukah related movie: 8 Crazy nights. I used to watch it religiously in middle school because it was PG-13 and frankly, that was cool shit. And what about Sandlers genius Hannukah songs? Hey gd, can you send me Adam Sandler for Hannukah? Please. Please. Please.

"So drink your gin and tonic-ka...and smoke your marijuana-ka..." If you insist, Adam.

The food. Latkes (potato pancakes), Chocolate gelt (YES CHOCOLATE) from playing Dreidel.

The music. Maccabeats? Le freaking duh. And all the other famous songs gone remixed are a good laugh too. It's always nice when it's so relatable.

We don't celebrate Xmas. NO. trust me. Not what I mean. But basically going to the movies on Christmas and eating chinese (only thing open) is a freaking party with everyone you know. And I know a lot of jews.

The bad parts?

A good 99% of the time it's been hannukah I've had school. Excuse me it's sometimes unfair because Christmas has a good leg of surrounding days spend doing absolutely freakin' nothing. Like oh hey Hannukah, I had school today and now let's light the candles. Unfair.

8 Days, 8 presents...more or less. My presents since getting older have gotten as scarce as a forrest after a fire. Really though. I am thankful for all I get, truly. But its usually presents that I want before hand, therefore once Hannukah hits I get no 'physical' present. 

In the mean time, I'm going to enjoy my days in the Florida sun for the week, and watch a helluva lot of The Goldberg's because well I'm Jewish. (and that show is beyond relatable for any Jew).

Cya next week duders. Have a happy thanksgiving!