Category Archives: Holidays

Letter to Santa

Dear Santa, Guess you thought I was not going to write this year? (Ha, ha, gotcha!) I just want to let you know that I’m still around. What I want for Christmas is a new Apple iPad. What else is … Continue reading

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Merry Perfect Christmas

December 1 Christmas is coming! I’m excited! I can hardly wait to get started with the decorating! I wonder if we will have a White Christmas this year? Wouldn’t that be great? December 7 Put up the Christmas tree. Get … Continue reading

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Intermittent Christmas

The trouble with Christmas is that it just comes around too darn often.  Seems like no time since it was here  and now here it is again.  The decorations barely have time to get dusty before it is time to … Continue reading

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Death of an Angel

As I sat staring at the blank computer screen, I wondered what I could write about. It had been a wretched day. It was really hard to think clearly tonight. In another room of the house, my grandson was playing … Continue reading

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Planet Christmas

“Welcome to Planet Christmas where it is Christmas 365 days a year!” “Is this for real? How can it be Christmas every day? Everyone knows that Christmas comes only once a year, on December 25th.” “Not here it doesn’t. We … Continue reading

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Black Friday – In More Ways than One

Is it over yet? Is it safe to go out? I’m talking about Black Friday, of course, what did you think? On Thursday we are thankful for our blessings. On Friday we are thankful for bargains. I’m sure you saw … Continue reading

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The Fried Turkey Tale

Dear Mom, I hope you and dad are having a Happy Thanksgiving.  This year we decided to do something a bit different and fry our turkey whole.  I am in a newsgroup on the Internet that could not say enough … Continue reading

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Plan Ahead for a Smooth Turkey Day

I saw an article somewhere with a lot of suggestions about how to plan ahead for Thanksgiving to make things go smoothly . It seemed like a great idea, but the following is about how my planning ahead usually goes. … Continue reading

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Interview with a Turkey

Good day, Mr. Turkey. Thank you for agreeing to speak with us about life in the turkey shed and the approaching holiday season. 1. What sort of goals in life does a turkey have? Well, I’ve been on a very strict … Continue reading

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The Haunted Home Tour

  We are inviting you here today for our “Open House and Home Tour” of this prime piece of real estate. It is an excellent buy, and we would like to get a little life back into this house and … Continue reading

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