Proceed with caution

As I wrote last week I noticed my column had nothing to do with the holidays. So this week I will talk about Christmas despite my disdain of the over commercialism associated with Christmas. And yes I said Christmas. Christmas, Christmas, Christmas.

I have no idea how Christmas became a bad word. Even in its most un-religious form, who has a problem with sharing time with family, bringing joy to little kids and giving gifts from the heart?

I loathe Christmas movies. Every year my wife asks me to watch White Christmas and while I’m glad it brings her joy, I am not into those types of movies. My strong dislike for Christmas movies is similar to my aversion to “chick flicks.” I guess I just don’t like Hollywood interpretations on life.

COVER YOUR KIDS’ EARS but I will never tell my son Santa exists. I will tell him not to ruin it for those that do believe in Santa but I am not going to lie to my kid. If you can do that I do not judge you but in my house, I am Santa Claus. I’m chubby and I buy the presents, so leave me the milk and cookies. My wife Susan isn’t opposed to telling PJ the story of Papa Noel, a Cajun version of Saint Nick. (I might see how that plays out.)

Now, to get on a positive rant; my two year old son loved all of his gifts this year. A lot of his toys were mostly Paw Patrol related including his new favorite tie blanket that my mother made. He was more than excited to rip apart presents and was even trying to help daddy and mommy open theirs.

My wife seemed happy with her gifts this year, which honestly made me feel good as a husband. I loved my gifts, one of which was NBA 2K17, a basketball game that I played until 2:30 a.m. on Saturday morning. Judge me if you will but staying up that late came in handy, when our poor son woke up to puke due to sickness. So yea… We had a sick two year old on Christmas but luckily he wasn’t too sick to enjoy the presents we put under the tree.

Also shout out to Jonesy, who gave me my first cast iron pot and Dutch oven. Let’s all be mature about my last statement… Merry Christmas to all reading this. Happy New Years too!