Well, here t'is Christmas Eve 'n it didn't sneak up on me this year, it came in a George Armstrong Custer damn the torpedos full speed ahead all out hell for leather charge.....'n danged if it didn't catch me flat-footed...Heck! I was just getting used to the fact that Thanksgiving had come 'n gone so quickly that I barely got to taste the turkey....'Course, time speeds up with age 'n it seems like I get a year older ev'ry few months now....ANYWAYS it's a nice sunshiny day, a little on the coolish side 'n downrite cold at nite...well, cold for northern California anyway...I still have geraniums on my front porch even if the blue potato tree has quit blooming....I don't know if it quit blooming cuz I ain't been watering it or what....still got oranges hanging on the tree altho' truth be told, they're just a little on the tart side...I bought some navels t'other day....reminded me of a former brother-in-law who had an avocado tree in his back yard but bought them from the Chinese grocer next door...at least until he figured out that the grocer was selling him his own avocados....
I was remembering Christmas, 1949.....I was twelve years old 'n my dad was laid off from the N&W (not unusual in those days) 'n he was working for the C&O down in Lexington...At that time, Lexington was several hours away on a good day but dad had to work on Christmas Eve 'n he wasn't gonna try 'n make the drive late at nite after working all day....Being the oldest, I stayed up after my brothers were all in bed to help my mother put the presents under the tree...It was the first time I'd ever done that 'n I recall that it was around 11:30 or thereabouts 'n we were just finishing....I had just told mom that it'ud be nice if dad had made it home when the door opened 'n there he was...I remember that brown leather coat he wore back then...it was cold that nite 'n he was wearing a scarf 'n gloves...they'd let him off early 'n home he came...said there was a lot of fog 'n not much traffic but slow-going anyways...That was my last being a kid Christmas 'n they come to ev'ryone sooner or later....
I've always liked Christmas....considered it my favorite holiday 'n I've never had a bad Christmas tho' the one I spent in Okinawa was on the lonely side....
All things considered however, Christmas is pretty much a good time of year....Happy Christmas to all 'n to all, a good nite!
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