I always get a little down in the few days after Christmas, just wanting to struggle through to the end of the year. The late Christmas card senders never fail to cheer me up. Just today, we got a picture of my little great-nephew in Wisconsin, and one of a good friend’s wife and her new husband. (Don’t read anything into that; my amigo passed away in 1989, and SWMBO and I have kept in touch with her through the years).
Anyhow, those late cards do a wonderful job bridging the gap.
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If you have the uncontrollable urge to follow that line with
trying to smoke a rubber cigar,
irrespective of where you’re singing the carol, then congratulations, and welcome to my generation.
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I guess everyone who has a blog needs a page like this; sorta’ the blogging legalese. Or maybe not. But it’s Christmas Day, and there’s too much good and bad stuff going on in the world, that I decided to list the house rules here at tbbs-land.
That, as they say, is a wrap. For now, at least.
Created: Sun Dec 25 15:08:28 EST 2005
Last updated: Sat Apr 25 12:59:51 EDT 2009
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1 – onions, celery, bell pepper, for the non-coonass crowd.
Every year since Buddy died, we’ve had a Christmas wreath. The first one was a gift to us. After that, we’ve bought one, and have expanded the coverage to Nancy’s side of the family; her siblings, mother, et.al. Our daughter also gets one.
This year, we expanded the circle a little bit more, and here, in living color, is one of those on the front door of The Chair and Automan homestead.
I don’t know where Nancy got the little snowman stick figure that adorns ours. I just know I like it.
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In our laundry room, that is. One previous light fixture in said room was obviously installed by someone from an instruction sheet that started out “Drink a 12-pack of beer…”. The floor joists in the laundry room are open, and these bozos gently nailed one of those metal bar dealios between the joists, and affixed the electrical box to that. From there, they proceeded to install a 2-incandescent light fixture, complete with the glass globe cover. Evidently deep into their cups by this point, they failed to observe that not only did the entire fixture rotate on an axis at right angles to the joists, it also moved from side-to-side between them.
Over the years, removing the globe to replace bulbs, etc, wear-and-tear got to be too much, and there’s now a bare wire going to the fixture. So I made a trip to the nearby Home Depot, and returned with 4 feet of fluorescent, brilliant illuminating goodness. We’ll install that tomorrow, once the roux is made for the chicken and andouille gumbo, and it’s simmering away.
My instructions start with “Drink a 6-pack of beer…”. I don’t know how it ends from there, because the instructions from that point are in Spanish.
Feliz Navidad!
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And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.
And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.
For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.
And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,
Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.
And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us.
And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger.
Luke 2:8-16
From our house to yours, Merry Christmas, and Peace.
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The copyright date on “A Charlie Brown Christmas” is 1965. By my math, that’s 40 years. I don’t think I’ve missed many showings, and just finished watching yet another showing.
One of the coolest things about Charles Schulz’s Peanuts characters was that their hands were drawn with 4 fingers and a thumb, instead of the 4 digits on nearly every other cartoon character of that era. I’ve enjoyed this show every time I’ve seen it.
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And so it begins. Nothing says “Peace on Earth” like a good old-fashioned rumble at the local Wal-Mart.
Me, I’m letting the old touchtone phone and the internet do all the work. Just tune in to these guys. Avail yourself of the bill-to, ship-to option; no muss, no fuss. Let the clicking begin!
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No, it wasn’t the aisle after aisle of fake trees, lights, and ornaments. Not the phony wreaths. And, nope, not even the usual assortment of peppermint and chocolate candies.1
Our local Target has a security guard checking receipts as you exit the place. Nothing says “Peace on Earth” like that.
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1 – SWMBO and I were not there Christmas shopping. We were buying presents to send westward, for #1 grandson’s 11th birthday.