Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Costco Christmas


Okay, Martha and I were at Costco last week.
Christmas is a great time to shop Costco, because it seems that at the end of every aisle there is someone giving out a free sample of some kind of food! Bits of cheese. Fudge. Fancy crackers. Yummy. A tasty cornucopia of free Christmas munchies.
So I approach one of the sample tables. An African-American woman is slicing mini slabs of honey-smoked ham, jabbing each piece with a toothpick and offering samples to passers-by.
She's wearing a Santa hat.
I lean in and whisper to her, "So, do you commute from the North Pole every day?"
"Of course!" she responded, with a twinkle in her eye.
"But," she continues, "I'll let you in on a little secret."
Then she lowered her voice and leaned closer to my ear.
"This isn't ham." she said, "It's really reindeer!"
Now there's a woman with a bona-fide Christmas sense of humour!

Sunday, December 20, 2009

Christmas Lights


We are of the opinion that the person who invented icicle lights deserves a special place in Heaven. There's just something about the way they glow, it kind of puts you in the Christmas spirit, don't you think? Can't you just hear the clatter of those little hoofs on the roof? Ho, ho, ho!


Photo: Jack, Martha and Johnathan doing the Christmas thing on a warm California day.