This week, one record high temp after another. A sweaty Christmas is a real possibility. I found a Christmas special Saturday that I really enjoyed, and it was on local 48.1, ME TV. That was just what I needed. I'm a bit tired of the usual things. I've had the standard Christmas fare up to my hair, so to speak. Year after year after year. It does become tiresome. It does the body good, to lighten up and have a laugh.
And that's OK with me. I do see signs of Christmas though, in the form of careless drivers, speeders, red light and stop sign runners, distracted drivers, and so forth. Road rage here and there. I'm avoiding most of this seasonal stuff to the extent I can. What makes it look not a lot like Christmas are the record high temps. I want rain for Christmas. But I'm more likely to get a face full of blowing dirt.
We have a string of record highs coming up. Tomorrow will be the first in that series. We might have a record high for Christmas. The usual pattern of bone-chilling cold just before or just after Christmas might be off the table this year. It has been a strange year in many ways. 2026 will be even stranger. I'm sure of that.
Maybe record heat soon. Could be a hot Christmas. Or at least warmer than normal by a large margin. I find this weather salubrious, to say the least, being such a hater of winter weather. BUT, it is very, very, dry, and that is NOT good! Unfortunately, any precipitation we receive at this time of year is likely to be in the form of snow, sleet, freezing rain. I can do without that stuff, dry or not.
