The first two decades of our marriage were highlighted with the annual discussion about putting up the exterior Christmas lights -- the discussion was rarely pleasant! Sorry, but chicks just don't get it. They've never experienced the frozen knuckles that accompany the task (high atop a wobbly ladder)...when hammer hits bare skin after bouncing off frozen rain gutter....shi-i-i-i-i-yikes! So imagine how wondrous it is to put up Christmas lights on a sunny (warm!) afternoon, where the only ice involved is the ice on the outside of my chilled martini glass...raised in a festive cheer when the job is complete! How I love California! Happy, happy holidays! -Merrill
Photo: The twinkling lights go up: reflected in the window of our holiday "spare bedroom"...the Toaster, our Airstream trailer!
1 comment:
It is hard to imagine Christmas and sitting on the patio. In colder climates you quickly learn to adapt or get frozen knuckles. We put ours up the first week in September.
Bob in Edmonton, Alberta.
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