Of all the holiday songs, the one I loathe above all others, even above the dreaded “Christmas Shoes,” is “Baby It’s Cold Outside.” I hate it. I’d rather listen to hot molten lava slowly cooling inside my ear canal than sit through the entire song. It’s the worst.
Maybe it was fun the first time it was performed. Maybe as part of a Broadway show it works just fine. But as a stand-alone song, it’s worse than all the ringtones in the world played at once. And it’s not even the mild, implied sexual assault that irks me. I just hate it. I hate that every celebrity in the world sings it, and we’re all supposed to applaud and say, “My God, that duet was so playful and delightful! I truly felt that it was cold outside! Bravo!”
And every year, there are 20 more versions of it! Please, can we stop? Can we agree that the song is ruining our lives and minds? Am I alone? Am I the only one who hates this song? WHY DO THEY KEEP SINGING IT?!?!?
Even now, sitting here thinking about, I’m getting angry.
Luckily, I have a Lego surprise. And that surprise is…
The Sandcrawler!
Wow! This is a good one. And it took nearly half a day to build! (Or maybe just five minutes.) But look at all these parts!
This is a beefy vehicle. While some of the Lego Advent Calendar toys are barely more than two tiny pieces held together by hope and imagination, this mini-Sandcrawler is a thick, solid brute of plastic. A tip of the hat to he Lego designers that came up with this ity-bity build.
The Sandcrawler always captured my imagination. The Jawas are tiny people, and yet their car is a giant, house-sized monster. Love it! I always wanted to see an AT-AT take on a Sandcrawler. The AT-AT would win, but it would be an amazing, slow, fight.
Today is a good day.
Day 5 Rating: 4 out of 5 (Points added for all the pieces!)
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