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Yes, it was open-air and cold. Yes, the music was TOO LOUD!!! And Yes, it was fun. (And no. Not really 28. It’s an in-joke.)
Leave Santa alone, Kids. He’s exhausted!!
1. Ever wondered why they call them Christmas Carols? Because Bob was already associated with bobbing for apples on Halloween, Ted was busy spreading hay for the manger and Alice was busy looking at herself in the looking glass. ( Confused? See “Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice”)
2. Why do we put a fairy on top of the Christmas Tree? We didn’t. It just kept flying up there.
3. Are St Nicholas and Old Nick the Jekyll and Hyde of Christmas? No. Old Nick is just the natural result of St. Nick’s exposure to so much carbon chimney buildup and air travel over the centuries.
4. Why do we traditionally kiss under the mistletoe? The practice started because approximately 1/2 of the world’s population is actually allergic to mistletoe and the other 1/2 needs to give them artificial respiration therapy.
5. Why is it Christmas lights work when we put them away but don’t when we take them out the following year? Because you have to remember to unplug them before putting them away!!!!
6. Why are pigs in blankets so called? Because they are cold and this is a natural response to chillbains..
7. Should we have cream or custard on mince pies? Yes.
8. How did a Christmas Stocking originate? When Santa heard there was much mischief afoot during the year and decided he needed a method of bribery to put an end to it.
9. Do you like the idea of a white Christmas? Well, yes. Much more than its actuality.
10. Have you been naughty or nice? Yes. You can guess which.
Red-faced.The Devil made me do it.
For Fibbing Friday
My neighbors David and Sergio leave tomorrow to spend Xmas with their families in Los Angeles, but today they brought me over this gorgeously wrapped gift:
Imagine my surprise, however, when I removed the wrappings to find this perfectly ordinary brown cup:
This is the couple whose outrageously beautiful Xmas decorations I showed last year. There is not an ordinary object in their house! Ha. A gag gift, for sure. Then Sergio insisted I make a cup of coffee and pour it into the cup and voilá! This transformation occurred:
Remember when they gave me the Cheetos Torciditos beach towel last Xmas? They will stop at nothing to support my mania for this incredible snack. Sorry, though, not available outside of Mexico. Suffice it to say, however, that I have never served them to a single person who didn’t become an immediate addict. David and Sergio are even taking two large bags of them with them to the U.S. Add a glass of my Sangria alongside and perfection is served!!!
Touché, guys. You have again won the Xmas gift prize.
But sadly, as I drank the cup of coffee, this happened:
And, once I’d sipped the dregs from the cup:
How to stop the Cheetos from disappearing? Perhaps this is the solution:
But it is going to take some willpower to enact this plan!!!
Santa and Jewish Lad.
My friend David sent me this. Love it.
Many birds, but all seen on Nov 28 on a trip out to Scorpion Island in Lake Chapala.
For the Birds of the Week prompt
The blue plastic bird, circa 1947 or earlier. On every Xmas tree I ever remember while growing up. The gold silk horse and knitted baby doll purchased in China, 1967. They’ve been on every tree I’ve ever decorated!!!
For Wordless Wed.
I have lots of new photos of flowers, but cannot resist posting this photo instead. I swear it was not set up. I found it exactly as photographed! If the bottom spear is a Mother in Law Plant, then the leaf must be the Son in Law!
For Cee’s FOTD
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