Shitter's Full!

 

Family dynamics are an interesting topic.  Some families are super close and some are super distant.  Neither is right or wrong, they just are as they are supposed to be.   We may not get together much, for a variety of reasons, but when we do, there is a common denominator that pulls us together.   The annual watching of Christmas Vacation is one of those moments for our family.  We have been through a lot and our lives and relationships may not be what we expected them to be, but it is those bonds of commonality that pull us together.  For as long as I can remember, our family has bonded over this movie, to the point where it almost supersedes the religious implications of Christmas itself which has become overly commercialized over the last 20 years. 

We had a great night quoting, sometimes ahead of the dialogue, the narrative of this beautifully awkward, sometimes cringey, but ultimately human view of modern society in it's flaws and it's beauty.

Shitter's full... lotta sap!

Well tonight is the annual watching of Christmas Vacation.  A tradition in our family that goes back as far as I can remember.  We could probably quote the movie verbatim, and often do as we watch it, but the familiarity and hilarity albeit with a positive message about family seems to resonate with all of us.  It is not overly sappy, not religious at all, and puts forth the message that you don't always have to get along with family to appreciate them.  

Not much to say

 I don't have a lot of deep insights for this post, I just figured it had been a while since I posted something here.  Things are going well.  Cheryl and I were both sick with the flu for about a week, but we seem to be better now.  We went to the remembrance day service in Cardigan over the weekend.  It is so much nicer than Charlottetown and it really feels like a community affair as opposed to a mass crowd of strangers.

Mom would have been 76 on the 10th and Nanny would have been 106.  

I think it will be a quiet christmas this year as the kids are doing their own thing.  Hoping to watch Christmas vacation at some point.  

Not much else to report.