I post the words below each year
around this time on Frail Deeds for the self-stated reasons. I’m more than a little
excited about next week’s gathering of the clan at the house to celebrate
Christmas. This year we’ll have two granddaughters in attendance and the FBR is
at that perfect age where the wonder of Christmas is just dawning on her. We
can still use Santa’s naughty list to encourage her on the last bite of dinner vegetables.
I hope each and every one of you can spend time with those you hold most dear.
That’s my plan.
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| These Two Will be There |
I am an unabashed and unrepentant
lover of Christmas time, in all of its glorious corniness. I love Christmas carols, Christmas parties,
but most of all Christmas Day. I can remember Christmas as far back as the age
of 3. I still remember one special year
in my early teens when I was overcome with Christmas spirit, feeling so good
about the season and just general happiness that I wondered at myself. This
feeling lasted until well after Christmas and no, to all you cynics out there,
the feelings were not chemically assisted.
Every year since then has been an attempt to recapture that feeling.
Most years I get it in bits and pieces, mostly associated with time I spend
with my family and friends. I served 27 years in the Army and made it home
every year for Christmas except for three years.
My wife and “kids” smile behind me,
good naturedly, because they know how important Christmas is to me. I know
there are those raging elements or hipsters out there that bemoan what modern
Christmas has evolved to. Some say it overly commercialized or others not
properly religious. It seems there are always those elements in society –
“Grinchs” for lack of a better term. These seem to be people so unhappy with
their own lives that they target times or traditions that bring happiness to
others for scorn.
I could not care less about these
self-important gas bags. There is
nothing in life more enjoyable than being around people you love and actually
taking some time out of the all too busy lives we all lead to simply be
together. So to all of you out there that bad mouth Christmas – get a life; the
rest of us already have one and we’re going to have the merriest Christmas of
all in spite of you or more correctly in homage to the love we are blessed with
of each other. Merry Christmas!
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RECURRING CHARACTERS
BRS - Blog Reader the Sequel - second granddaughter; FBR - First
Blog Reader - first granddaughter, ABFA – Amazing Best
Family Athlete = my daughter in law, formerly known both as MEF – Most Excellent Fiancé
& MEG – Most Excellent Girlfriend; Wingman – my son
in law; Keene Friends 1 & 2 – friends since high school
from my home town of Keene, NH; Soxfather - my brother in law; Great
Aunt = my elder sister; Cantankerous Friend – friend since
grade school who likes to argue about everything, poses as radical leftist to
attract women; Pittsburgh College Roommate – high school
friend, also a “Minor Celebrity” in Pittsburgh; Deckzilla – our backyard deck which grew to monstrous dimensions once my wife got involved
in planning; Maine and Virginia Musqueteras – two close friends of
my wife – her US sisters, my wife is the 3rdmusquetera
(musketeer); Buddy – AKA the Wonder Pooch – family
dog, a black lab – hates squirrels, died in 2017; Riggins -
also known as the Grandpuppy, son's dog, surrogate grandchild while
awaiting arrival of the BRS; PanaGals – female
relatives/friends of my wife from Panama; Panamanian/Latin Mafia –
inevitable group of Latino friends my wife accumulates wherever we have lived
& their spouses; Neighborhood Mafioso - wife's close
friend and Panamanian mafia member, Favorite Panamanian - the wife
(of course); First Friday – celebrations to mark the First Friday of
the Week; Excellent Boss – my former direct boss at
work; Deckzilla Dude – senior
citizen carpenter/contractor; Voices of Inappropriate Worth -
members of public who come to every Worcester public meeting to complain, all
are on public assistance along with demeanor issues
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