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Happy Almost New Year!
While you read this I'll be on a beach in Southern California drinking heavily celebrating my 25th Wedding Anniversary with Mr. Sophy. We were married on New Year's Eve (which in 1986 was a Wednesday evening) which we thought was pretty clever and cool of us. Turns out, not so much. |
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Why You Should NOT Get Married on New Year's Eve
Since December 31 (New Year's Eve - hereto-after referred to as NYE) is on a Saturday this year, I suspect many will couples will getting hitched because:
A. It's a Saturday, the normal day for a wedding and
B. It's NYE, which is a cool day to get married.
If you are one of those couples, let me do my best to talk you out of it.  Just put it off for a few days, or get married on Friday the 30th. Let me tell you why ...
Here we are, foolishly
getting married on NYE
Mr. Sophy and I got married 25 years ago on NYE (we got engaged 26 years ago, also on NYE -- say it with me, "AWWWWW!). In 1986, NYE fell on a Wednesday, which made us kind of cool. Anybody can get married on NYE when it falls on a Friday or Saturday (like this year), or even a Sunday. But you really have to WANT to get married on NYE to do it on a Wednesday! We intentionally chose NYE because we thought it would make our anniversary special for us, and because it had a sentimental meaning for us. 
Before I met Mr. Sophy I'd had some pretty awful NYE's - either spending them alone (single) or one year, my favorite, getting dumped by my then-boyfriend of 2 years. One year I even had surgery on NYE. Seriously. So Mr. Sophy, being a romantic, decided what better time to propose to me than NYE. So in 1985, he flew out to Southern California where I grew up (and where my family still lives), spent a belated Christmas with my family, and then on NYE took me to a beautiful gazebo overlooking the Pacific Ocean. At midnight he proposed, and I wisely said yes. (Actually as romantic as I just made that sound, and it was, the build-up to the engagement that day is a pretty funny story, maybe I'll tell it next month!) 
Anyway the point was to make NYE special for me for the rest of my life, by getting engaged on NYE. We then decided to make NYE even more special by actually getting married, one year later, on NYE. So we did, in a beautiful ceremony at the church where I grew up, followed by our reception, which turned out to be the best NYE party ever. Friends and family got to dress up and go to a party, which let's face it, most people don't do or have the opportunity to do, they got free food and booze, there was dancing, and all they had to do was show up with a present, what could be a better deal than that?!
And it was special, and beautiful, and romantic, and fun - and our friends talked about it for years, saying it was the most fun they'd ever had on NYE and what a perfect time it was to get married. Best of all, it was a night all about us - we were the center of attention and we loved it, and looked forward to many future anniversary celebrations with friends and loved ones. Of course, it all went downhill from there.
The following year we both had some sort of stomach bug, and instead of a little trip we had planned for our anniversary, we stayed in bed drinking 7-up and nibbling on soda crackers. Ah well, at least we were together - and he did hold my hair for me. The next year we were healthy, so we were excited to celebrate our anniversary with friends. However, that's when we discovered that although it was our anniversary, no one really gave a darn. As the years went by, we would either attend or host a part and mention it was our anniversary. Someone might say, "Oh Happy Anniversary!" and then that was it. No toasts, no making us and our wonderful marriage the center of attention. No. Those so-called friends of ours made it all about NYE, instead of us - can you believe it?!
So this year, since it's a special anniversary - 25 years! - we decided to go back to the scene of the crime, host a party for our family, and make it all about us again. I'll let you know how that turns out, hahaha!
Happy New Year everyone - see you next month! ~ SophyBells |
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Now for a few comments about my last newsletter "Comedy Newsletter (November 29, 2011)" about how much I loathe enjoy the holidays:
From Handel Handle 
I've wondered this for a while actually:
What is Black Friday? Is it only celebrated in America?
Good newsletter, enjoyed reading it! :D
Thanks for asking! Black Friday is the day after Thanksgiving when crazy Americans show up at WalMart or a mall at 5am (or midnight now, apparently) to save $20 on a new flat screen TV or a Tickle-Me-Elmo while trying not to get trampled. It's called Black Friday because historically it was the day retail businesses finally were in the "black" (made a profit) for the fiscal year.
Glad you enjoyed the newsletter.
     
From Annette 
In Germany, where I grew up, there was a rumor that if we sang Christmas songs before Totensonntag, which is the last Sunday before Advent, somebody in our family would die. Since Advent encompasses the last four Sundays before Christmas, Totensonntag would fall around the same time Americans celebrate Thanksgiving. So, see, there is a law about that. Well, a rule. A scary rule.
Oooooh there is VERY scary! I'm a Scrooge but even I wouldn't go that far!
From LJPC - the tortoise
Hi Sophy!
I loved your funny "Bah-Humbug" newsletter. It IS shopping mayhem, isn't it? I especially loved the replies section where people wrote silly epitaths in response to last month's NL. Everyone's contributions were great!
~ Laura
Yes I enjoyed those epitaphs also, they were fun! What would yours say ... ?
That's all for this month -- see you next time! And on behalf of the other regular Comedy Newsletter Editors, the King and Queen of Comedy - Waltz Invictus  and Ẃeβ࿚ẂỉԎḈĥmas  - remember to WRITE AND LAUGH ON! SophyBells |
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