The Final Countdown

Yup, Gentle Reader, it's December 1. Totally crazed yet? Totally sick of the holiday nonsense? Yeah, me too.

The boy, however, is still young and not entirely cynical and weary of the world, thus he can totally be excited about the Lego City Advent calendar his auntie and uncle sent him.

Remember when Christmas or a birthday was something that seemed so very far away and the anticipation and wait seemed interminable so that a countdown or an Advent calendar was just the neatest thing to help you keep track of the days to go? Yeah, those were the days....