You hear the word "festive" a lot this time of year. Ever notice that? People talk about being in a festive mood or they'll use the word to describe how something looks. I guess it's just one of those words associated with holidays, and it's meant to be positive, complimentary even.
Whenever my husband and I hear the word "festive," we share a look and a little chuckle. During our first Christmas holiday season as married folks, we spent some time driving around the area in which we lived, looking at the Christmas lights. We noticed there were some homes decorated to the hilt and we found ourselves comparing them to the Griswalds from "Christmas Vacation." Maybe we'd see all blue lights on a house with the exception of a strand of red where perhaps they'd run out of blue. Or maybe we'd see a combination of huge colored bulbs mixed with strands of small clear lights. In other words, we thought they were tacky.
We finally came to the conclusion that we were being way too critical. I mean, who were we, the Christmas decor experts? At least folks were getting into the spirit of the season, which is what's important, right? So instead of calling someone's Christmas decorations "TACKY," we called them "FESTIVE." If they only knew...
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