Tag: Christmas
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All I want for Christmas
Is a good stiff drink! And another thing, a ring. Today is the shortest day of the year. We’re simpatico with the Eb Scrooge that was still limiting Bob Cratchit to a single lump of fossil fuel. Maybe we’re beaten down by a presidential choice that no one seems to want. One is senescent and…
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The happy little ghosts of Christmas past
Look, Dave, look! Not a thousand Hallmark Christmas movies can recapture the magic of a child’s Christmas. Maybe Cousin Eddie on Christmas Vacation, our favorite holiday movie (along with It’s a Wonderful Life), whose heart is bigger than his brain. But the Head Groundskeeper hereabouts remembers the magic and wonder of early Christmases. Old guys remember…
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We’re having a leaky supply chain Christmas!
We’ll get into the true Christmas spirit probably around 10 p.m. on December 24 — later, if they keep playing those sappy Hallmark movies. In the meantime, we’re playing Eartha Kitt’s Santa Baby on the jukebox. (“Another thing: a ring!”) Despite our express orders, the indentured servants have put up the Christmas tree — and…
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A very Stately Blaska Manor Christmas
[ UPDATE: Enzo, our Himalayan fur ball of a cat, made off with Lyndon Johnson. We think LBJ is under the sofa. ] Before the indentured servants unscrew the reusable Christmas tree and place it in its box, the Stately Manor hopes you enjoyed a very merry Christmas. Every family has its Christmas traditions. We…
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Have a very Stately Christmas — In JAIL!
It’s beginning to look a lot like a freezing cold, Global Climate Change Christmas at Stately Blaska Manor. The electrified barbwire fence is decorated with garlands of evergreen and holly. The guard tower beams gaily colored search lights on the surrounding neighborhood. The little lights are not twinkling (“Thanks for noticing, Ed”) on the holiday…