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From the title, you can tell I'm excited about the upcoming holiday season. I'm not the only one in this house though. Kendra's excited about getting out the Christmas decorations while Tyler and Colby have already watched The Santa Clause 2 movie about 10 times!!! Then today, I took the boys out to run some errands and we ended up at a store where I bought them each their own "Santa Hat". It was so cute to see them wear them around the store (that's after I decided I would buy them by the way). Then they've worn them all afternoon as well. Very cute.
Tonight, it's daddy's night with the boys while Kendra enjoys a nice evening of scrapbooking with a friend. I had my night out last night. This was our birthday gifts to each other since we'd already spent our allocated birthday money !! HA I was excited about my night because I ended up purchasing a cool "Twas the Night Before Christmas" book that I'd wanted for a long time. It's a "classic looking" book with some cool illustrations. Plus it stays true to the original writing of the classic Christmas story that appeared as a poem printed in a NY newspaper back in 1823. Here's a little excerpt from the book's illustrator:
"In 1844, a man named Clement C. Moore claimed authorship of "Account of a Visit from St. Nicholas." Since then, many scholars have contested that claim and have even named other possible authors, so we may never know the identity of the anonymous writer. Over the years, the poem has also undergone changes. It has become known to many by a different title, 'Twas the Night Before Christmas', after it's opening line. Also many editors have taken liberties in altering it's original punctuation and spelling. Some have even changed the names of Santa's reindeer. "
I was really looking for a book like this and I finally found one that was a true classic. One of the ways I would check would be to look at the last line in the book. If it said "Merry Christmas to all..." then I would put it right back on the shelf. It needed to say "Happy Christmas to all ... " in order to meet my standards. This one even has the reindeer names listed as "Dunder and Blixem". Anyway, it's a cool book. I'm excited to have it for my family.
Hope each of you are getting into the holiday spirit. I know this family is for sure !!!
God bless you all,
SJ
2 Comments:
Well, now you've made me go and toss out ALL my 'Twas books...none say "Happy Christmas"! A few years at a Christmas bazaar at the British School in Togo (West Africa) wee did snag a "Happy Christmas" banner made in the UK..so I guess we're somewhat legal.
To drive you crazy, I'll post this real long parody of your favorite holiday literature...Have a Happy Thanksgiving!!
-Ned
Below:
'TWAS - REDNECK STYLE
'Twas the Night before Christmas, and all through the shack
Not a creature was stirrin', cept the lice on muh back.
The skoal cans wuz nailed to the screen door with care,
With hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there.
The children were sleepin', all snug in their beds,
While visions of tractor pulls danced in their heads.
And Ma in her nightgown all stained with pound cake.
Had just settled down to watch Ricki Lake.
When out in the driveway, a loud noise I heard,
I opened the winder to check muh T-bird.
I ran to the door, like I's on a mission,
But I tripped on some parts from muh granny's transmission.
The moon shone outside, the hound dog wuz barkin'.
Muh daughter weren't home yet, she wuz still out parkin'.
When what to muh whiskey blind eyes should I see
But a Chevy S-10, pulled by eight flyin' sheep.
With a fat nasty driver, so disgustin' and sick
I said "Shoot Fire!" That must be St. Nick!
More rapid than X-lax his wooly sheep came
And he belched and he hollered, and he called 'em by name.
Now CLIFFORD! Now VERNON! Now LESTER and ENUS!
On FESTUS! On ELMER! On ROSCOE and CLETUS!
From the top of the shack to them there garbage bins
Now Dash Away! Dash Away! Dash Away youins!
I heard a loud sound on the roof of muh shack.
Pud down muh beer and went fer muh gun rack.
He fell through the roof, plum killed my dog,
I swear that ole' Santa looked just like Boss Hog.
He wore a T-shirt, rebel flag on the front,
And his jeans were all bloody from that morning's hunt.
A big nekkid lady tattooed on his arm,
And he wore black boots that he'd picked up in 'Nam.
His eyes, how they glazed from too much Wild Turkey.
From the side of his mouth hung a stick of beef jerky.
A scar on his cheek from a fight with the cops.
The veins on his face looked ready to pop.
The butt of a Marlboro clung to his lip
He wore a hip pack full of B-B-Q chips.
He had a fat face and a hairy beer belly.
I ain't seen one that big since muh ex-wife Shelly.
He was gap-toothed and dumb with an I.Q. of three
And I laughed cause that redneck was smarter than me.
A wink of his eye, a fierce shake of his head,
From his hair came a rat that ran under the bed.
He reached in his sack, sipped his gin and tonic,
Then filled the kid's stockings with Hooked on Phonics.
His toys came from Big Lots and they weren't very nice
But he had lots of them and yuh can't beat the price.
He gave us a tape of them hound dogs that sing
Jingle Bells ring ring ring
Some Crisco, some Spam, some Oatmeal Cream pies,
And a Nascar T-shirt in Double X size.
When the presents were gone and he had no more,
He staggered and stumbled right through muh screen door.
He hopped in his truck, to his sheep gave an order
"Hurry up youins! To the Tennessee border!"
And I heard him cry out, with a strong southern drawl,
"MERRY CHRISTMAS YOU REDNECKS!
MERRY CHRISTMAS Y'ALL!"
Forgive all the above references to ex-wives, alcohol, and other non-missionary-like subjects. I didn't write the thing.
-RV
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