There are lots and lots of things to be happy about this time of year. There's Christmas and everything wonderful that goes along with it and the promise of a brand new year coming around the bend. I'm a big fan of Christmas in general, but there's another reason why I love this time of year and I have no idea why. At the end of of each year, every website, magazine, store or television program creates lists. These lists include the best of the year, worst of the year, most crazy of the year, and dozens of others "XYZ's" of the year.
And for some reason, every single year, I find myself hoarding them, pouring over them and judging the choices in them. They're fascinating! They're often completely off base in their choices, in my opinion. But that doesn't stop me. It's fun to see what I'm missing out on or feel superior towards since I've read it/watched it/seen it.
Some of my favorites include the "Best Books of the Year" found on Amazon (even though I'm in a bit of a lovers quarrel with them currently) which always adds books to my infinitely long reading list, and EW's Best of the Year. Sadly this year, I disagreed with everything on that list. I think it's because I have the Entertainment habits of an 80 year old and tend towards NCIS rather than Sons of Anarchy or Monsters Inc rather than Catching Fire, but I could be wrong.
In any event, you just gotta love a good list. Put them all together and you get a pretty good idea of what exactly the whole crazy year looked like.
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