Frigid-air
The past couple of days have been frigid here in Seattle. Today we broke the record for the coldest December 15th in Seattle. It was 19 degrees, brrrrrr. Having lived in the northern panhandle of Idaho (don’t ask) during the winter and the in Colorado Rockies the subsequent winter, this type of weather doesn’t bother me. Rather it’s a bit of a nuisance and constant irritation. Where is my mild maritime weather? What’s this business about roads being “icy?” Holy shit, why is that person not stopping? (I usually avoid driving because Seattleites cannot drive in the snow.)
I don’t know what I would do without Tracy, the person who keeps our neighborhood blog running strong. Here is a photo from one of her readers Nathan (and I guess, one of my neighbors):
People are driving around with these very intense looks on their faces, like their head is going to pop off. I can’t decide if it’s because of the weather or if it’s because Christmas is almost here and times are lean. Or both.
And then there’s that usual holiday spirit feeling. Where is it? When is it gonna kick in? I am having a hard time feeling festive, even though I have no trouble feeling grateful for things in my life (still basking in Thanksgiving). I don’t really have the economic doldrums, but I’m not feeling the “cheer” that I usually feel around this time.
Perhaps it’s because Paige and I went to the mall (a.k.a in your face holiday central) on Saturday and it was dead. D-E-A-D. I’ve never seen it so dead. There was no hustle and bustle like there usually is. It was really sad, I was almost wishing that I could fight someone for the last chocolate Santa on the See’s Candy kiosk. No such luck.
Really, the desperation that is in the air is palatable. When you walk in the door of a store all the associates are really excited to see a(ny) customer and proceed to swarm you with greeting (hi! hi! hi!). This eventually subsides and they give up pestering you when they realize that even if you do buy something the season is still fucked. Afterward, they retreat back to their social corner (which I think that they think is impenetrable to sound) and start talking about their fives list. This happened.
Merry Holidays. Brrrrrr.
Tags: christmas, fives list, holidays, snow storm 2008, west seattle blog
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Ohhh… I am so jealous you have Sees Candy! My Great Aunt and late Uncle used to send my grandmother a box every Christmas from California. I’d see that pretty white box and eat just about every darn one of those melt in your mouth chocolates!! (When nobody was looking of course)
Put on some Alvin and The Chipmunks Christmas music, have some hot cocoa with puffy marshamllows stirred with a candy cane and you WILL surely get in the spirit; works everytime.
Merry Christmas! (from Maine where it gets below zero *wink*)
Jenn(ifer)´s last blog post..little moments
Really? The malls are dead by you? Ours are incredibly busy on Saturdays still. Apparently no one in Michigan knows our economy is in crisis although with the bailout not going through they should!
As someone that worked in Retail for 6 years I totally know about the social corner thing. It’s the way I made it through my day! It was only after I stopped working in retail I discovered how annoying that is to the customer.
Janna´s last blog post..What we do while Shaun is away….
Giyen, my fellow west seattleite, I have to say that I will fight you over See’s Candy. I took tae bo *advanced*!
kirida´s last blog post..snow and near-near-death experiences
It’s the same here in the south. Sucks the fun out of the season.
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