29th Nov 09
M. R. Sellars…That secular holiday involving a dude with a white beard, wearing a red suit, and violating all manner of FAA protocols with a sled and some baked reindeer. I say they are baked because as I understand it their ability to fly has something to do with the “magical grass” they eat. (wink wink, nudge nudge.)
Anyway, since this is the official beginning of the “holiday season,” or at least it was when I was a kid, nowadays it starts sometime around mid-July… but, enough of that… Since this is the official start I figured perhaps I would kick it off with a quick bit of nostalgia:
There you have it… The Jolly Old Elf with my younger sister on his lap, and me being perplexed by all of this mess, Christmas 1966. I can’t be certain, but I suspect the Polaroid was taken at the old Famous-Barr Department Store at Northwest Plaza in Saint Ann, Missouri, because that is where my mother worked at the time.
Merry Merry. Time for some Bourboned up Nog…
More to come…
Murv
DallasRedhead
November 29th, 2009 at 08:38
LOL! The look on your face it priceless. It’s 100% “WTF”.
Lilly
November 29th, 2009 at 09:57
Your sister doesn’t look any too pleased, either. lol Looks like the beginning of a fear of old bearded men in red suits to me! That’s how fear of clowns start… “This one time, at the circus…”