i feel so nice and christmassy right now. even though i am alone in my apt - well not really alone, as i am in the company of these festive canines:

'i hate it when she makes us dress up'

my dad is tucked away for the night at sara's, which makes all the difference in the world. the 2 of us plus sadie and gus in my apt would be a nervous breakdown in the making.

i'm listening to all my favorite christmas songs - eartha kitt's "santa baby", fiona apple's live version of "christmas blues", coldplay's heartbreaking "have yourself a merry little christmas," the U2 "baby please come home" song, and of course, my christmas song guilty pleasure. oh, and bruce springsteen doing "santa claus is coming to town" - admittedly a little cheesy, too, but hey, that's me.

dad and i went to the radio center christmas show today, something that most people would also probably consider pretty cheesy too, but i am so glad we went. it was fun and nice and a little weird at the end when they did the living nativity and made what i felt like was an interesting social commentary on jesus being christmas-worthy from a completely biographical standpoint. hm. might have to muse through that one later. although in some research on the text, i found this well-articulated encapsulation of my own feelings: "Whether we believe in jesus or not, it is worth reflecting during this holiday season on how it is possible to bring about positive change in our world without achieving success by conventional definitions."* do you think i can have that printed up on a t-shirt?

i feel happy tonight. it's part christmas, and part ThatBoy. i realize that probably makes me sound like the typical lame-o girl. but then again i'm not really sure i care if it does.

happy christmas, everyone. peace and love.

* http://www.anchorrising.com/barnacles/001297.html