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New beginnings. Wiping the slate entirely clean, as clean as linens, and just feeling so fresh and clean in mind and soul.

he best thing about the Hall and Oates Jingle Bell Rock video is: Everything. It’s the way they bop almost-but-not-quite in time with the music. It’s the cheesy special effects. It’s the rockin’ granny. It’s so very tongue-and-cheek, as if Daryll and John created it not for their contemporaries, but for the future.

We can fight back against the Elf on the Shelf. We can fight back against the watchful eye, the intrusive ear, of those who would see our every move, those who would listen.

Being at the airport when you are also at the airport.

Let’s pass around that gif of the Puppy With No Front Legs, because even 19th century industrialism is too heated and divisive a topic for this family.

Polished crystal vase. Not empty. Filled with possibility.

Draping scarves over their slender, dainty shoulders.

On frosty winter nights, you convened with friends to strap on ice skates at the Frog Pond, where you’d body-check small children who had come down from the North Shore for some innocent family fun.

Are you the prophesied warrior, here to save us all? Is your destiny written in the stars? Will your road to success and triumphant return bring about an era of unimaginable prosperity and light to all the land?

“Work hard, play hard: roommates: We work in finance and drink Bud Light Lime. We are terrible people. You should not live with us.