Shoes for Christmas. It doesn’t sound very sad, does it? Well, buckle up, buttercup. You see, there’s this song called “Christmas Shoes.” Don’t go look it up, not that you were going to, but it is a black hole of sadness and depression. You may not want to read the rest of this. The gistContinue reading “The Christmas Shoes”
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The Reason
A torn and tattered life, he led From poor, unapparent stock was bred Lowly: true, although inadequate Obscurity: where the scene is set. He was a root out of a dry ground No source of nourishment around Four hundred years without a single word One more sacrifice, one less lamb to herd. But the timeContinue reading “The Reason”
The Labor of Love
One of my favorite Christmas songs was written in the late 2000s. I first heard it at Silver Dollar City on September 5, 2011. Becky Isaacs introduced it as one of the songs in their Christmas album. I don’t know if she only sang that song because she was trying to sell more Christmas records,Continue reading “The Labor of Love”
The Drive-By Flocking
I’ve always liked those Christmas trees caked in fake snow. I think they call them flocked trees. I didn’t know it, but Son #1 likes them, too. It seems he noticed that our tree wasn’t flocked. There was zero snow on it, and he had been expecting a snowstorm in the living room that wouldContinue reading “The Drive-By Flocking”
The Blessings
We were on our way to the in-laws in a neighboring state. “Over the river and through the woods to Grandmother’s house, we go…” I was driving the vehicle. There’s not much else to do behind the wheel of a metal rectangle traveling at seventy-five miles per hour. Son #2 pipes up, “Dada, what doin’?”Continue reading “The Blessings”
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