Well, it's coming close to Christmas, so I thought I'd dosomething special. This week, I'll show you some of my favourite Christmas-themed words and phrases, as well as selecting Carol of the Week.

Words of the Week:

gay apparel- Now, I know this song was written in all innocence (I hope) but this line is just so stupid, so politically incorrect in today's society, that I had to put it in there. First and foremost, gay I mean, come on people, they could have written jolly, or joyful, but no, they settled with gay Secondly, apparel, noone says apparel any more. By the sound of it, gay apparel could be what queers buy when they go clothes shopping.

Christmahanakwanzaka- man I love this, it's the holiday for everyone. But really, I'm sure some people actually find it offensive (not me, I'm atheist and proud of it) but it's so satirical and politically incorrect it's hard not to laugh.

Christmas Carol of the Week: Everybody Hates Ned Fanders (The Simpsons)

Everybody in the USA
hates their stupid neighbor.
He's Flanders and he's really, really, lame!
Flanders tried to wreck my song,
his views on birth control are wrong.
I hate his guts and Flanders is his name.
F-L-A-N-D-E-R-S, he's the man that I hate best.
I'd like to see his house go up in flames!
F-L-A
His name is Ned!
E-R-S
That's a stupid name!
He's worse than Frankenstein or Dr. No!
You can't upset him even slightly,
he just smiles and nods politely,
then goes home and worships nightly.
His leftorium is an emporium of Woo!
F-L-A
Don't yell at Ned!
D-E-R
His wife is dead.
Everybody hates that stupid jerk.
Springfield's caught with Homer's joyous loathing!
Filling clubs, with angry valentinos.
You don't have to move your feet,
just hate Flanders to the disco beat.
He's your perky, peppy, nightmare neighbourino!
If you like polite left-handers then I doubt you'll like Ned Flanders
or his creepy little offspring Rod and Tod.
That's us. Hooray!
F-L-A
His name is Ned!
E-R-S
He is so white bread.
The smiling mustache geek who walks with God!

Man of the Week: Frosty the Snowman, the other Christmas mascot. Santa gets all the publicity and fame, just for delivering a few presents, and while I'm not sure exactly what Frosty is supposed to do, he stands in Santa's shadow, never complaining or asking for attention. So here's to Frosty, the underappreciated symbol of Christmas.

Quotes of the Week: "Christmas at my house is always at least six or seven times more pleasant than anywhere else. We start drinking early. And while everyone else is seeing only one Santa Claus, we'll be seeing six or seven. " -W.C. Fields

"The Supreme Court has ruled that they cannot have a nativity scene in Washington, D.C. This wasn't for any religious reasons. They couldn't find three wise men and a virgin." -Jay Leno

Wow that was a huge blog for me. Now, as it's Christmas, we have guests arriving today, so I might not be on for about a week, though I'll probably stop in now and then to check on things. Also, winding down from Christmas, I'll probably give Word of the Week a miss next week (as if anyone cares, noone really reads it anyway. It's a shame too, because I put in so much effort.) I'm rambling now so I'll just say, Merry Christmahanakwanzaka and a happy New Year.