The Price of Christmas

Each year this company figures out the "Price of Christmas," based on how much it would cost to buy all the items gifted in the 12 days of Christmas.  This year the grand total is $23,439.38.  That's quite a bit of money, that could be put to much better use in my opinion than buying me 13 birds and other various items.


Here are the gifts of the 12 days:

• 12 Drummers Drumming
• 11 Pipers Piping
• 10 Lords a leaping
• 9 Ladies Dancing
• 8 Maids a Milking
• 7 Swans a Swimming
• 6 Geese a Laying
• 5 Gold Rings
• 4 Calling Birds
• 3 French Hens
• 2 Turtle doves
• 1 Partridge in a Pear Tree

Personally, I wouldn't want most of that stuff anyway,  I am not a fan of birds, and I live in a 740 square foot apartment, 1 cat, 1 tree, 13 birds, 8 cows, and 50 people would not fit in here very well, especially not with instruments or dancing room.


Some of these gifts wouldn't be so bad, but if someone wants to give me just one lord a leaping, I'll take Conner Walsh in a heartbeat.

Connor Walsh -- Principal Dancer
Houston Ballet

I also wouldn't mind the 5 gold rings, but if they could be white gold, that would be better.  Better yet, one platinum and diamond ring (or two) is the only ring I would want from my "true love." You know, something like this would be nice:

I can do without any of the birds, but if I had a yard, I would take the pear tree. 


According to snopes.com it isn't true, but I have heard that the items in the 12 days of Christmas refer to tenets of the Catholic Church. 

• Partridge in a Pear Tree - Jesus Christ the Son of God
• 2 turtle doves - The Old and New Testament
• 3 French hens - Faith, hope, and charity, the 3 theological virtues
• 4 calling birds - the 4 Gospels/Evangelists: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John
• 5 gold rings - the Pentateuch the 1st 5 books of the Old testament: Genesis, Exodus, Deuteronomy, Leviticus, and Numbers
• 6 geese a laying - the six days of creation
• 7 swans a swimming - the 7 Gifts of the Holy Spirit or the 7 Sacraments
• 8 Maids a milking - the eight Beatitudes
• 9 ladies dancing - the nine fruits of the Holy Spirit
• 10 lords a leaping - the 10 Commandments
• 11 pipers piping - the 11 faithful apostles
• 12 drummers drumming - the 12 doctrines in the Apostles' Creed

But really people, I won't object to finding Connor Walsh under my tree in a few weeks. ;)

Lyrics (Part I)

Here are some of my favorite song lyrics.  I wouldn't be surprised if I do this more often. :)

"It's not that you're attractive/ but, oh, my heart grew active/ When you came into view" -I've Got a Crush on You

"I'd even be glad, just to be sad, thinking of you." - It Had to be You

"I get a kick though it's clear to see you obviously do not adore me." -I Get a Kick Out of You

"Did I say that I need you?/ Did I say that I want you?/ Oh, if I didn't I'm a fool you see/ No one knows this more than me/ As I come clean" -Just Breathe by Pearl Jam
"And I feel just like I'm living someone else's life. It's like I just stepped outside when everything was going right . . . this was not your dream, but you always believed in me." -Home

"What am I supposed to do when the best part of me was always you,/ And what am I supposed to say when I'm all choked up that you're ok" - Break Even by The Script

Can a lie ever show Virtue?

When I was little, probably, 4 or 5, my mom put me into a swim lessons class.  I was in the advanced swimmers class because I was practically born in the pool and learned to swim very young.  Anyway, in this advanced class, the teacher wanted us to swim the length of the pool, this pool went from 3' 6" to 12'.  I was able to do this, no problem, but another little girl in the class was afraid of the water.  She was the only one in the class who was.  I felt really bad for her, so in all of my 4 or 5 year old wisdom, I told the teacher that I was scared of the water too.  This meant she was not the only one not doing what we were asked to do.  But the teacher ratted me out.  He told my mother that she had me in the wrong class, that I needed to be in the beginners class because I was scared of the water.  My mom laughed at him, and said, "No, that one is my daughter," and pointed me out. He told her that was who he was speaking of.  Needless too say, I got in trouble for lying in my swim class.

Note: I was told I should write more to get myself back into practice. So I might actually blog a bit more in the future.