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As Usual, It Was A Wonderful Christmas
Dec 26, 2020, 11:32 AM
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Santa was not the only one to show up on Christmas Eve. Some of you may know Dean Cox, better known as "The Hat". Dean gave us a couple of beautiful Tiger Paw adorned tree ornaments.
Then my two daughters rolled out a bevy of goodies that would make a King rub his belly and call for 15 fiddlers to render their version of "Fiddle Faddle".
Christmas morning began with videos of the grands and great grands in Greenville, Charleston and Chesterfield, showing the great grands ripping the wrapping off of Santa's gifts. One of the great grands said he had been worried about getting what he wanted for Christmas because he did not have an "A" in deportment on the home front but fortunately, Santa must have overlooked his shortcomings.
Santa left Joe21 a pair of Tiger Paw slippers and a "back ordered" Clemson sweater due to arrive about mid-January. And there was other stuff.
Finally, about 6:00 PM, the four of us sat down for dinner with a table loaded with enough food to feed about 25. We had been snacking all day so when we finished our meal, all of the food on the table looked like it had never been touched. So we will be eating left-overs for several days and will probably be freezing part of that.
One of my daughters had made a cake fortified with a product by the name of Jim Beam. The slice I had was not large but if must have contained about one jigger of Brother Beam.
I hope your Christmas was just as good as mine. The only thing lacking was the presence of small children.
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Re: As Usual, It Was A Wonderful Christmas
Dec 26, 2020, 11:52 AM
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We had an awesome Christmas, but had to watch the granddaughters open their gifts on Facetime. My surprise was a couple of vinyl albums and a Sous Vide cooking machine with a vacuum food sealer. I've been wanting one for a couple of years and my wife surprised me this year. I surprised her with a magnum of Napa Valley Silver Oak Cabernet.
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Re: As Usual, It Was A Wonderful Christmas
Dec 26, 2020, 12:38 PM
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Christmas is a wonderful time. We missed out on all the family stuff like everyone else but still sang those wonderful hymns and celebrated the true meaning of Christmas. It was the birthday of a King.
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Re: As Usual, It Was A Wonderful Christmas
Dec 26, 2020, 12:58 PM
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I have to ask what vinyl records did you get?My daughter had borrowed my Monkees and Lovin Spoonful albums and their cabin burned so I had to replace them but you can replace vinyl but not a wonderful daughter.I have an extensive collection of oldies.
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Re: As Usual, It Was A Wonderful Christmas
Dec 26, 2020, 11:11 PM
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Your wife had to be happy about the Napa Silver Oak Cab (especially the magnum part). That's a wonderful cabernet!
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Re: As Usual, It Was A Wonderful Christmas
Dec 26, 2020, 2:06 PM
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Joe, I loved reading this but especially the way you wrote it. So many blessings in a day like that we too often take for granted. Sounds like you fully appreciate it all. Wishing you a wonderful 2021!
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Re: As Usual, It Was A Wonderful Christmas
Dec 26, 2020, 3:11 PM
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Dean Cox was on staff when I was a Rat in ‘65- did he have a son who was on the football team maybe as a walk-on about the same time? Or am I thinking of another player whose father worked there?
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