Fun Fact #13: Isaac Newton and Christmas music go together!

So I'm listening to Christmas music via my cable because they have a special Christmas music channel, the discovery of which has totally made my day. It's obviously the little things that do it for me.

But anyways, it lists "fun" trivia facts while the music plays(the channel is totally made for me!) and one of them was that Sir Isaac Newton was born on Christmas day. But they felt the need to identify him as a "mathamatician and scientiest". Do the majority of American's watching this channel really not know who Newton is? I feel the fact that he originated the concepts of gravity and the three laws of motion has been drilled into my head since elementy school. Everybody knows who Newton is, right? At the very least I'd hope that people hear of Newton and think of little apple falling onto his head. But maybe that's not the case...

So basically, my joy of discovering a channel devoted entirely to Christmas music has been hampered by the channel's viewers supposed ignorance.

Fun Fact #12: Today is November 1st

November 1st may just seem like the day after Halloween to many, especially those nursing killer hangovers. But today is actually a special day because it signifies the time when I allow myself to start listening to Christmas music!

People may think it's weird that I, an individual who definitely identifies as Jewish, would get so excited over Christmas music. But I love Christmas, especially all those aspects of it which are deemed "too commercial" by some Christian groups. Jesus is NOT the "reason for the season" for me, but the overproduced music and manufactured nostalgia totally are the "reasons for the season".

I love how festive everything seems, and I'm totally excited to actually be in a city where it snows around Christmas time this year. But I'm sure I'll be changing my tune when it comes time for me to stand outside in the bitter cold and slowly chip away at the ice that coats my windshield.