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| This is it. This is the Christmas card photo that got the green light. It made it to print and was sent out to friends and relatives near and far. Hindsight is 20/20, and I think we can all agree that the Buick snap should have taken home the top prize. But at least you get a better view of Francie's fleece headband in this one. |
Today's Christmas memory
A few years ago Andy spent Christmas in Kenmore. My mom got us all tickets to see 'A Christmas Carol' (human version, not muppet) at the Act Theatre in Seattle. The performance was done 'in the round', which added to the play's suspense because you never knew where the actors were going to pop out.
It was Act 1—the scene where the ghost of Jacob Marley appears to Scrooge (or maybe it's just an undigested bit of beef, a blot of mustard, a crumb of cheese, a fragment of an underdone potato...). In a bit of a twist, they had Marley jump out from under the covers just as Scrooge was about to get in bed. Scrooge was startled (as is scripted). But nobody was more taken aback than my mother, who screamed from the depths of her lungs, a deep, guttural "OHHHHH!!
Her groan of fear reminded me of when she did the exact same thing back in 1999. The two of us were at the cinema watching 'The Sixth Sense'. I forget which part of the film made her scream. But I do remember that after her howl, she said very loudly, "Ouch! I bit my hand"
She'd tried to clasp her hand over her screaming mouth, and had somehow bitten herself in the process. Everyone around us chuckled. Even though they were strangers and it was pitch black, I was 13 years old and soooooo embarrassed.
Today's Christmas gift idea
Satsumas. Let's be honest. It's Christmas Eve Eve and you ain't making no chaotic, last-minute dash to the mall. You certainly aren't ordering anything on Amazon. Not at this hour!
You can do better next year. Now it's time to throw in the towel and wrap up a few satsumas. If the recipient complains that it's not a good enough present, remind them of how lots of people don't get any presents on Christmas and tell them not to look a gift satsuma in the mouth.
Happy Eve Eve!!!
Margaret
2 comments:
The Sixth Sense was really scary!
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