As magical as this time of year can be, each Christmas chore can almost be a full-time job in itself... take the presents, for example,
- Create recipient list verbally on I-Phone list (while an elf yells random things in the background adding 'names' to the list)
- Think of a perfect (or at least quite acceptable) gift
- Drive to the appropriate store (while an elf or two play i-spy in the backseat; Little Elf's guess is always the same: 'That!')
- Purchase the gift (while Big Elf hides in a rack of clothes, and Little Elf remains super-glued to my hip)
- Wrap the gift (while Little Elf sleeps, and Big Elf swipes the wrapping supplies)
- Prepare the package for shipping (while the bubble wrap mysteriously disappears)
- Drive to shipping location (while Big Elf tries to teach Little Elf to sing Dreidel)
- Ship the gift (while the other customers give me and both of my elves the stink-eye)
- Repeat times 25...
Dear ABC Family Network,
If you are going to advertise your December programming as The 25 Days of Christmas and present it as being family-friendly viewing, I would greatly appreciate you showing your anit-METH ads during another time slot. Even when zooming through the commercials while watching The Grinch on our DVR list, this face still managed to terrify my child:
I get it: meth is no good. It's awful actually; ruins families; ruins lives; ruins teeth. But, could you please be a little more conscious in your audience choice? While many people may be faced with the peer pressure to try meth, I am pretty sure my three year old isn't needing to learn your 'Not Even Once' message before heading to her preschool holiday party.
Thank you.
(and Merry Christmas)