How do you know when the holidays are over? There are many possible indicators, let me count the ways;
- The UPS man sends you letters telling you he misses spending time with you everyday
- Your desert intake is cut by 2/3 and you only have cookies and cake 4 times a day
- The sales flyers in the newspaper shrink to roughly the same volume as the “real” paper
- Your house gains 350 sq feet in living space because the Christmas decorations are put away.
- Weeks ago you gave the postman a Christmas present, now you fear each delivery knowing it’s just a matter of time before the tactical nuclear strike that is your credit card bill is planted in your mailbox
These are all clues that the Christmas season may be over, but for me, the slamming of the Yule tide door occurs when the last Apricot Delights are consumed. The picture below is of the last known Delights of 2010 just before their demise. Let us brush the crumbs from our protruding sweatshirts and bravely march into 2011.
