so today is christmas. no shit.
i would first like to give a shout out to the people who sent the 63 mass 'merry christmas' texts i received throughout the day. the impersonal, repetitive messages clogging up my inbox were a delight. a merry christmas right back atcha.
the real reason of this blog is to address the apparent importance of grammar and spelling in the christmas season. i attended a christmas party the other night. there was great food, corny music, and christmas trivia. i was expecting the trivia to be a casual way to start the night off, sort of an icebreaker, but in fact it was the complete opposite.
the questions passed at an alarmingly slow rate; a million comments and questions about each trivia question were made. although the serious tone of the question-asking was ridiculous, the competitive tone of the point-awarding was even more ridiculous. when it came to awarding points for correct answers i swear lives were almost lost. i kept my cool throughout the entire process, not wanting to be one of those lunatics who took a game of trivia way to seriously, but there came a point where i could not stand by and be given the inappropriate amount of points for my answers.
one question i was looking forward to being correct on was listing the reindeer. i had that question in the bag since i was 4. when it came to the answer though, i was quickly informed i was not awarded the points because i had listed, 'donner' as a reindeer when his name is 'donder'.
excuse me?
in the song no one is made aware that donner is spelt donder. it is sang donner. if it were sung donder it would sound like dander which makes me think of a flaky head.
another question i had thought was a gimmie was 'name the host's favorite christmas carol'. i answered 'God rest ye, merry gentlemen.' no points. the correct answer was "God rest ye merry, gentlemen,"
excuse me?
who cares if the gentlemen are merry or not?
i made myself look like a competitive, ignorant idiot and left the christmas party soon after.
i never realized that a game of christmas trivia could be so...i don't even have a word for it.
well now you know that donner is actually spelled donder and that the gentlemen are not in fact merry. not that it really matters, its just shit you really don't need to know but hey, it may score you a few extra points in a christmas trivia game.
merry christmas.
