There are no reindeer. Yet anyway. But, I made my yearly climb to the roof. I gave in to my wife’s “urgings” to put up the Christmas lights.
Now I’m one of those people who thinks we could celebrate the birth of Jesus quite well without tripling our electric bills and burning more fossil fuels. But my desire to have a peaceful household won out over my convictions.
Most of my neighbors who decorate their houses for Christmas got it done the first two weekends after Thanksgiving. One house I pass on the way to taking my son to work had lights up two weeks before Thanksgiving.
The home improvement store my wife works at had Christmas decorations down for sale shortly after Halloween. In fact, they sold out of outdoor lights last weekend.
We haven’t gotten the tree up yet. That job belongs to my wife and kids. After that the challenge is to keep the cats out of the tree. Then we begin the countdown to Christmas and watch as gift cards from one merchant or another fill up the tree branches.
Anyway, that’s all for now. Have a Merry Christmas everyone, and as always…
Keep Grinning
