THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR

It's here again. The Holiday Season.  It started with large bags of candy which I was required to purchase and give away to strange little people dressed in weird costumes who banged on my front door demanding it.  
 It continued with pie making, potato mashing, green bean casserole preparing, hot roll baking and turkey roasting that took three days and was consumed in 20 minutes.


It forges ahead toward Christmas day with many stops along the way:

 
   1. Three days of trying to get the lights on the artificial Christmas tree (we gave up on real trees long ago) to actually turn on. 

   2. Several days of festooning the house using all of the decorations I can find, and wondering where I hid the ones after last year that I can't find. 
 
   3. Purchasing gifts for ALL of my children and grandchildren after they have drawn lots so they only have to buy one present for one other family member.

   4. Various and sundry social events aimed directly at my waist line. 

   5. Listening to the same Christmas songs sung over and over by a hundred different artists.

   6. Celebrating three other birthdays of family and friends during the month of December. 

   7. Trying to avoid the Christmas TV programs that have been broadcast every year since the invention of the television.

   8. Arranging for Santa to come and visit the family Christmas party.  The travel cost is not cheap from the North Pole to West Valley City, Utah.

   9. Finding a gift from my wife.  Let's face it I'm a man and this kind of thing drives me crazy.

  10. Realizing on the afternoon of December 25th that it is never farther away than at that moment.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!