December 2009
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Merry Christmas Eve!
Although yesterday’s posting was satirical there was some truth to it. Every since I married my wonderful bride, Christmas has become more and more special. For many years before meeting her it just didn’t have the same magic and consummate joy for me that it does her. Now eleven years later I think I can say that I’m finally coming close to how she feels about Christmas and I...
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Putting the X back in Christmas
Ever since I can remember it seems I’ve heard people bemoaning the fact that Christmas is getting more commercialized every year. Now I see videos or read stories written 50+ years ago and they said the same thing back then. How far do you have to go back before people started saying things like that? Back to Mr. Pickwick, Bob Cratchit and others? Lately I’ve been thinking maybe we...
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One of the things that always signals the...
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A perfect night
School was out at 1:30 for my children today. It was already snowing and Tonya walked to go get them so they could walk back in the snowfall. I had lit a fire at lunch time which we kept roaring all day long after that—it got pretty hot! After I was done with work I could finally spend some quality time with family. We had dinner (pizza as usual since it’s Friday), watch a Scholastic...
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A fire in the fireplace and Elvis singing “I’ll be Home On Christmas Day”. I’ve spent tonight wrapping Christmas gifts, it’s so nice to have them ready a week before Christmas! I’m so tired. Unfortunately I lit the fire too late and think I had better stay up until it’s mostly out, just to be on the safe side.
Tomorrow it’s supposed to snow—a...
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Christmas limerick
I woke up from falling asleep on the couch and realized I already missed one night so here’s Tuesday night’s Christmas installment. Please forgive me for writing a limerick that is neither about someone nor tongue-in-cheek as they usually are!
In December it’s time to come in from the cold.
It’s a month that’s designed for the young and the old.
It’s a month...
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Christmas at last
The two-week run of The Nutcracker is over and now I can relax a little and enjoy Christmas. What a better way to start than eating a delicious St. Lucia cookie, Tonya’s deeply rich and thick hot chocolate, reading from Tomie dePaola’s Christmas Remembered and enjoying Christmas music in our living room now bedecked with beautiful decorations?
One of my favorite things to do when I...
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