Just some random musings on the holiday season:
One year I didn't have appropriate wrapping paper for Christmas. The paper I used said "Happy Birthday" on it. I didn't want to waste it, so I just wrote "Jesus" on it.
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I'm thinking about crossing a centipede with a turkey. DRUMSTICKS FOR EVERYONE!
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Someone said the worst thing about a Christmas office party is looking for a new job the next day.
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All of the Puritans arriving in the New World were not prudes. I understand one saucy lady "came across" on the Mayflower.
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When I was a little guy, Santa brought me my first bike. I couldn't learn to ride it. My father, who was always "tinkering": in the garage, took two wheels off an old wagon. He put them on some brackets and attached them to the rear wheel of my bike. The first ever TRAINING WHEELS. I wonder what would have happened had he taken out a patent on the strange, new device? I might be a rich man today.
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When my children were very young, Kimberly pushed her sister Karalyn down.
"Kimberly, did you push Karalyn?' I asked.
"No."
"Kim, Santa can tell if you're lying."
She thought about the ramifications of this before asking, "Can you?"
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Every other Thanksgiving, our entire family - 30 - of us spend the holiday weekend at the Stein Erikson Lodge in Deer Valley, Why EVERY OTHER Thanksgiving? The alternate years, my family spends with the in-laws. I sometimes wonder if some people wish they had married an orphan. That way they never have to spend boring holidays with the in-laws. Hey, sons-in-law, that's not nice to think that way.)
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A friend who is a doctor in the Proctology Department thinks the holidays are a good time to look up friends.
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If you like to ponder past Christmases, go back to the first one. Keeping Christmas is good, but sharing it is a great deal better. He who does not have Christmas in his heart will never find it under the tree. When we throw out the Christmas tree, we should be especially careful not to throw out the Christmas spirit with it.
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Last Christmas, a family member asked if he could borrow my newspaper. I told him I had received my iPad for the holidays. I told him I won't waste money on the newspaper but he was welcome to borrow the iPad. I can tell you this. That spider never knew what hit him.
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Last Christmas eve, we had a new grandbaby at the family gathering. I held the little guy as he began to fidget and cry.One of my older grandsons said, "That baby is spoiled isn't he?" "No." I said. "All babies smell this way."
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GIFTS: Blessed are those who can give without remembering and take without forgetting.
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I have so much to be thankful for on this Thanksgiving Day. I'm thankful for the privilege and gift of living in a world filled with beauty and excitement and variety.I am thankful for the gift of loving and being loved.. I am mindful of the multitude of God's gifts, taken one by one. I have been blessed with the gift of life after tormenting ailments.It is important to thank God for health and strength by the care of and reverence I show my body and for the opportunity to live life to the fullest. I love life and am grateful for the opportunity to live it with joy and gratitude.
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The holidays are a glorious time of year. May you have happiness and joy. May you be mindful of your blessings.
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