Merry, merry Smellibrations?!
Posted
Sunday, November 18, 2007 10:06 PM
I love cards - sending and receiving them. Last year was my first Christmas "on my own," and I had a blast finding cute cards (but not too cheesy). Now that we're almost to Thanksgiving, Christmas cards are the next item on my pre-holiday to-do list.
You'd think this would be an easy thing to cross off (at least, purchasing the cards should be). Nope. Turns out that Andy (who doesn't care about cards and has never sent a card to anyone in his life) has plenty of opinions about the greeting cards we send out. So, we're in the card aisle at Target, and he's decided that he doesn't like any of the options. (Not to mention, the boy's never priced/bought anything like this before, and so he went into sticker-shock. Yes, I married a cheapskate.)
I tell him that I'll keep looking, and we leave the store. On the way home, I ask him, "What didn't you like about the cards, so I know what to look for next time?" He says, "I want cards that say Merry Christmas!" I pointed out that one of the options had words all over the front of the card, and I thought it said Merry Christmas in there. No, he tells me, it said "Merry Merry Celebrations." He then proceeds to go on and on about how it's Christmas, cards don't need to say "Happy Holidays" or "Let it snow" or "Season's Greetings," or "Merry, merry smellibrations." It was a total slip of the tongue, but it was hilarious.
I think we'll sign our Christmas cards that way. Merry, merry smellibrations everyone.