I like how the tortoise (in Boston’s Copley Square last weekend) is dressed up for the holidays. Do you think the decoration would help him win the race? Or create drag and slow him down? Or motivate the bunny to kick some turtle butt for once in his lazy life?
Merry Christmas!
It’s funny to wish someone a “merry” day. Who ever describes anything as “merry” anymore? I wonder if that’s a Victorian holdover.
Funny, we were just discussing the “merry” question at a Christmas party on Friday. I think the only other modern uses of the word we came up with were in reference to Robin Hood’s Merry Men, and the name of one of Frodo’s Hobbit friends.