anaconda-dan's Blog

Mine are all too old now.
I'm getting the tree decorations out tonight and wondering why. Don't get me wrong, I love the Holiday season, but I think my fondness for it has to do with the excitement of the kids at this time of year. Early in December, my girls would be outside directing my efforts at Christmas lighting, because at one time I must have told them that that's how Santa finds our house. Christmas eve, putting together bicycles, and Barbie houses, and such the night before. Watching the fire in the fireplace with a glass of single-malt and a couple of cubes, and repositioning all of the toys and gifts to make the effect just perfect when the kids walked into the living room on Christmas morning.
I have a six-month-old granddaughter now, but alas, she's too young to be Christmas fun yet. Besides, I won't have the opportunity again to pretend to be asleep in the morning when the kids come busting into the bedroom to drag me out to see what Santa had brought them.
Certainly, seeing family and friends at this time of year is rewarding, but it's just not the same anymore.
Oh, and Pertzborn, Santa drank Bud at our house.. ;-)