The pre-Christmas Day season of Advent is upon us. Here at SeedSing we love the chocolaty goodness of getting a piece of candy once a day until we get to open our presents. As our gift to you we will present a treat associated with the holiday season. Many will be awesome, some will be terrible. Enjoy.

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Day 11: Mixed nuts in a shell

The holiday season can be filled with frustration. Trying to get a good parking space, and failing. Trying to find the right gift, and failing. Trying to navigate the social scene without being an ass, and failing spectacularly. The angst of the holidays can usually be cured by destroying something, without breaking the law. This is where shelled mixed nuts come in.

During the holiday season, one can find a bag of shelled mix nuts in any grocery store. The bag contains a nice variety of brazil nuts, walnuts, pecans, hazelnuts, and almonds. Unlike their brother the peanut, these shelled nuts cannot be opened by a mere mortal's hands. A person needs a special tool. The traditional shelling tool is a lot like a crab claw breaker, a scissor like contraption of steel and ridges. Place the nut between the two legs of the nutcracker, squeeze hard, and once you hear the load CRACK, the delicious insides are yours for the eating. The insides are usually quite tasty, but the ceremony of breaking the shell open is the joy of mixed holiday nuts. Any holiday angst can be remedy with a nice bag of shelled mix nuts.

The holiday season is supposed to be about joy and goodwill towards one's fellow person. Unfortunately, most people are selfish oafs. In order to keep our holiday spirits on the joyous side, we need to resort to basic destruction. Thank goodness we have a nice bag of mixed buts to violently crack open. There are even fancy decorative ways to crack those nuts. Isn't Christmas the best?

RD

RD is the Head Editor for SeedSing. What would you do to give the meek a happy holiday? Check out what Art Carney did on a classic episode of the "Twilight Zone".

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