Chappy Chanukah!
Happy Hanukkah from the Maven! If you’re in the Hanukkah-celebrating demographic, hope you’re having a good one.
Over at the Maven’s house, the place was filled with menorahs, spinning tops and, of course, gifts galore this Saturday night. A whole pack of relatives descended. What was hot this year? Many white cashmere sweaters were extracted from blue-wrapped boxes. iPod accessories still rank as common staples (iTunes cards). And, of course there were the DVD collections of Seinfeld, Sex and the City and other 90s greats.
We all know that a DVD compilation only means one thing – a nice box to place on the shelf. Does anyone really know someone who actually watches DVD compilations of old television shows, especially when the series is repeated ad infinitum on network and cable television (of course, the network S-and-the-City is completely sanitized and not quite the same without Big’s utterance of “Absa-f-ing-lutely” from his limo window)?
So, for all my friends of the Xmas persuasion who still have shopping days left, keep in mind that DVDs are rarely cracked open and most commonly re-gifted. Seems to me the Seinfeld DVD just may be the fruitcake of 06.
Happy Hanukah and Merry-Almost-Christmas.
