My Take
DiVoran Lites
I’ve been to parties once or twice,
And I don’t like them, I’ll tell you that,
Except for the time you wore that funny musical hat…
Remember?
And when the wooden wheel with the candles under it scorched from grown-ups playing with fire—
When jellied cranberry didn’t melt in the casserole,
And Stan brought boat flares for the gift exchange and related them to kisses,
And Billy and Christian pinned on the girl’s add-on braids and dangled them over their shoulders,
When the paper-ball battle broke out and everyone was fair game, even the granddads?
When Rebekah Lyn came over to have a chat and deliver homemade cookies,
And seven relative strangers sat in a cozy den one night and had a real conversation with soft Christmas music in the background,
Donna brought her million dollar brownies to the church dinner
And we met Connie and her college age wonder-son?
Remember when Alicia told us about learning to play the piano two years after her daughter’s death from aids And you had a quiet tea, in pretty cups, with a dear friend from long ago
How about at the grade school program when baby Jimmy pulled off Santa’s glasses, and pushed him away and Santa said, “I don’t know what you want for Christmas, kid, but you sure don’t want me.” Jimmy’s mom said privately that Santa was too skinny, anyhow.
No, I don’t have to be nice, but I need to be honest and I guess I must say, I wouldn’t have missed a minute of it.
Old Things R New 
You are so talented! This made me smile and reminded me of my own, similar memories. Merry Christmas!
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Funny thing about memories. At the moment they are created, sometimes they are cruel, mean, harsh, embarrassing, hilarious, wonderful but as the years mellow, not only the event but us, they take on a wonderful patina. Today, over 45 yrs later, I gaze back fondly at the memories of mess-cooking in the Navy where I was up at 4am every day for 4 mo and worked my tail until 7pm just so I could go back to the barracks and sleep. I hated and despised it at the moment, but now think it was fun. Memories. A funny twist of the mind. And, strangely, yes, the holiday season seems to bring them to mind even more. Thanks for a great post.
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This was a nice, poignant post. Life certainly has its challenges. I hope you have a lovely holiday this year. 🙂
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Memories…oh, the nostalgia of Christmas yesterday. I, too, love to reflect on the white Christmases of long ago (before i moved to Florida). Even though we had white Christmases in Ohio, I always whipped up a batch of snow from water and a box of Lux Flakes to apply to the tree limbs. Snow everywhere! Very effective.
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