The LED Spirit of X-mas
I have reconsidered. After writing Tuesday’s harangue, I tried to settle into my own bah humbug and felt all kinds of itchy and sad. It occurred to me that without my driving the Christmas Bus, the holiday would, in fact, actually not occur for my children. No filled stockings, no gifts beneath the tree. Hell, [...]
Scrooge
I wish I were the type of person that could earnestly don a holiday themed sweater and some poinsettia earrings and settle into this seasonal stuff, generating deep internal satisfaction in hours spent marching the mall corridors hunting the perfect gift. Instead I screech into the Target parking lot at 8:30 a.m. on a Saturday [...]
Happy Holiday, Gone Wassailing…
Merry Christmas, Happy Holiday, Feliz Navidad and all that good stuff. Picture me here, in my living room, basking in the glow of the tree and sipping a little souped up nog. Hold that picture for a few days. It’s a good one. One I wish were close to the truth of what’s really going [...]
I am restored
It’s about time I shared something joyful. ‘Tis the season, after all. So I will tell you about a certain Christmas gift that is so dear and thoughtful and all together excellent that it makes me want to weep. (I especially feel like crying because it’s NOT a gift for me. I can own [...]
Expectation
If you are like me, then a little a bit of you will be disappointed this Christmas. It’s not like being six years old again and believing, really believing, that Santa will bring you a pony despite the fact that there is no pasture or stable or knowledge of ponies within a twenty mile radius [...]
Gift Swap Gone Wrong
The invitation came by e-mail. An E-vite. A Naughty or Nice gift swap. Ladies only. The promise of Pomegranate Martinis and stuffed mushrooms and elegant cocktail napkins. Until that E-vite arrived, I didn’t know how much I’d been missing the annual Scotch Swap we used to attend in Miami, all the raunchy, cheap-o [...]
Thanks and Giving
This may come off as supremely unthankful. And I’m aware that having too many people intent on buying us useful gifts is a good problem to have, but I’m tired of putting on Christmas. About the 1st of December each year, the phone begins to ring, the e-mails begin to pour in. The extended family [...]
Not until December
Shouldn’t there be a law, some sort of ordinance against the display of Christmas decorations before the flowers in the Thanksgiving centerpiece have shriveled and died?
Driving around town, one would think that Old Saint Nick was beating an immediate path to our doors, like tonight, this afternoon, visiting only those previous and industrious enough to [...]
The Anti-Christmas Card
It’s that time of year again; time for apple crisp and woolen sweaters and warm cider and replacing the screens with the storm windows. All this autumn and winter preparedness makes me realize that it is also nearing time for me to begin the long and arduous process of taking a photograph of the children [...]
