As we move into fall, it occurs to me why I love this time of year so much. For one thing, August is too hot. And the heat exhausts me.
But also, the leaves will start to change color soon and that means the holidays are not that far away. I start to feel the spirit sooner than I think.
The holidays … especially Thanksgiving and Christmas … are definitely my favorite times of the year. And it won’t be long until they’re here again.
Holidays make me feel like a kid again. I like the food, the decoration and especially the visits to friends and family.
One of the curious things about vacations is that, with certain friends and family, you only see them once a year ….. and that’s during the holidays. Now with some people that’s good … but with some people, it’s not that good.
Now, take my nephew, for example. He took a job a few years ago at a large oil company and was transferred to South America. And Ma Crabapple and I haven’t seen him since.
But he still thinks of us and we hear from him quite often, especially during the holidays. He always sends us a nice Christmas present and it tickles us to death to receive it.
Last Christmas, he sent us a really unusual gift. It was a living bird! Yes sir. A real living bird from South America. It was also a very pretty bird. A large green bird, about a foot tall, with a hooked beak and a red and yellow top knot on its head.
I’ll tell you what … that bird was delicious. We invite you to Christmas dinner, with dressing and sweet potaters and cranberry sauce.
Yes sir. We really enjoyed that bird.
Well my nephew called about two weeks after Christmas and wanted to know if we had a good one and I said yes.
He wanted to know if we had the bird and I said, “We have it good.”
He asked me if we liked the bird and I said, “It was delicious!”
Well my nephew got mad like a hornet in a hail storm. Yes sir. I mean, he got good fighting angrily.
He said, “I can’t believe you ate that bird. I didn’t mean for you to eat the golden thing. That bird was worth a fortune. That bird could speak two different languages!”
I said, “Well … I should have said something!”