Holidays

I tried for a year or two to be the "Bah Humbug" type, but it just didn't work for me.  It's much more fun to actually get excited about the holidays!  This year, we will be celebrating Thanksgiving, Festivus, Hanukkah, and Christmas.  I've always wanted to celebrate Hanukkah, to which the obvious response was "But, Vanessa... you're not Jewish..."  Well, I'm not Christian, either, and I still celebrate Christmas.  I'm also not a character on Seinfeld, but I do celebrate Festivus!  Anyway, I've decided my dog Ike IS Jewish... so we're celebrating Hanukkah with him, and I'm searching now for a doggy yarmulke.  Yeah, seriously.  I'm excited about it, though -- putting up a menorah, frying latkes, playing dreidel -- it's going to be fun!  I think we'll just stick to the generalized "holiday" cards, though -- the Winter weather theme is pretty neutral.