My personal Christmas has just started . . .

Okay so every Christmas season there is one ultimate event that will start my holiday celebrations. No, its not black friday. No, its not putting up the Christmas tree or stringing lights around the house. Nope, its not the first snow. Before I can begin celebrating Christmas with every fiber of my soul, one single thing has to happen. And that beautiful cataclysmic event is this:

I have to hear Wham's Last Christmas on the radio.

There are certain rules & regulations I must follow. I cannot "hunt" for the song. I can't look it up on youtube. I can't put in my Wham Cd and listen to it that way. I have to randomly hear this song playing on the radio. I've done this for the last 10 years or so. J thinks I'm completely crazy, but he respects it. Its a good kind of crazy.

I don't know what it is about this song. The synthesizer, the awesome beat, the insanely hot mullets - but I am forever connected to this song. I can sing every single word. I know every single little nuance and tone change. I know when George Michael really starts to feel the music. I mean come on - there is like a whole section where you can hear Christmas bells. How can you get any better than that? Its like my heart soars, the world becomes a better place and I start to believe in my fellow men again.

I went up to my buddy's house last night and on the way home I turned the radio on. Just turned it on. and the sweet melody I wait all year to hear was playing loud and clear. It was like Wham was there, in my car, playing this sweet carol just for me. It was beautiful.

So, to all my peeps out there, I'll leave you with a portion of the lyrics. From this, you can see how I am completely under the spell:

A crowded room, friends with tired eyes
I'm hiding from you and your soul of ice
My God I thought you were someone to rely on
Me? I guess I was a shoulder to cry on
A face on a lover with a fire in his heart
A man undercover but you tore me apart
Oooh Oooh
Now I've found a real love you'll never fool me again

And you better believe that now I've heard it randomly, I've listened to it like 50 more times. Let Christmas begin.