Seasoned with Unseasonability

Tea: Christmas

Music: Elvis Costello and the Attractions, "Accidents Will Happen"

Time: Night.

In a couple of weeks, it'll be October -- which means it will be time to put away all my Hallowe'en gear away for a month.

See ya, Gashlycrumb Tinies sweatshirt. Hasta Novembre, black T-shirt with the little glow-in-the-dark Reaper and "I see dead people" lettering. Hiatus for the Great Pumpkin boxers.

Come the day after Thanksgiving, I'll have to stash the Charlie Brown Christmas tee (and the one with Snoopy in a Santa suit). Same goes for my Christmas Story shirts, my Garfield Christmas sweatshirt and all my Grinch stuff. After January 6th (the 12-day statute of limitations for Christmas), it can come back out.

February means no candy-hearts underwear, and the Cat in the Hat socks with shamrocks go away in March.

I don't get the unwritten rule about not wearing a music group's T-shirt to one of its concerts. Never have, probably never will. I do understand not rocking the colors of a hometown coffeehouse, burger joint, etc., unless you're out of the area. (So, for example, I can wear New York (or Manhattan, Kansas, for that matter)-themed shirts here, but not in the respective Theres.

So I'm ignoring one rule, obeying another -- but I like things in threes, and so I have my own rule to complete the set: "Thou shalt not wear holiday clothing during that holiday's season, because enough people are doing that already. Besides, it will give thee a laugh to see the doubletakes."

Notice I said "clothing." My Gashleycrumb Tinies lunchbox is exempt.

Because it's cool, that's why.