It’s Christmas tree decorating season and I’m happy to welcome our ornaments back to our living room. They are a motley, rag-tag community of misfits (although ironically, neither Rudolph or that dentist wannabe elf is represented). They’re all so darn precious to me, I can’t throw any of them away, even the Irish step dancer whose […]
Christmas decorating
O Little Christmas Ghetto
My brother, Jeff, is on Facebook now and I’m biweekly entertained by his posts on his hunting trips, walks through the woods near his cabin, interesting non-fiction books he’s reading, cooking sauerkraut for the church, and other details about the life of a happy, retired Renaissance Man. Occasionally he posts about his wife, Mary, […]
Christmas Tree: A 3-Day Event
I’m guessing it’s going to take me the better part of three days to get my Christmas tree up and I think that’s just one of the more ridiculous things about this holiday and its tendency to go over the top. Christmas has become a complete drama queen. Yes, I have a fake tree […]
Christmas Light Ups and Downs
It’s time to put up the Christmas lights. Not my finest hour. For a lot of people putting up the Christmas lights means the start of the holiday season, Christmas is coming, and you can show all your neighbors that you’re more festive than the next-door guy. I get a little ulcer in one spot […]