Dec 21, 2005 23:48
In no particular order:
1. Browse LJ while your spouse/partner wraps all the presents. You're all thumbs anyway, and he's so . . . deft.
2. Don't read any office e-mail at home. If anyone asks, say a virus ate it. (This is a recommended year-round strategy.)
3. Don't get sucked into cooking Christmas dinner. Supply deli cold cuts, smoked salmon, and nice French cheeses. Your family will think this is scandalous. In short order someone else will take over Doing the Turkey and Overcooking the Sprouts, which was your plan to begin with.
4. Go out to a movie on Christmas night. Something big and splashy, like The Polar Express or Narnia, or romantic, like Kate and Leopold.
5. If you must wrap gifts, do it while watching films starring James Stewart or Cary Grant (preferably both at once).
6. Hire housecleaners.
7. Go to a nearby mall on Dec. 23 or 24, after you've bought all your gifts. Walk around and bestow calm, benevolent smiles on all the poor frenzied people.
8. If you now drink tea, start drinking coffee. It'll keep you cheerful.
9. Did I mention hire housecleaners.
10. Re-gift with discretion, taste, and good planning. Then chalk one up for the Kyoto Accord.
10a. Re-read at least one book you haven't looked at in years and that you once loved to pieces.
What's keeping you sane and happy over Christmas?
domestica,
sillyseason