Christmas traditions
 

Sometime around "the day or eve" I take a moment to sit quietly with a favorite libation and a pipe of fine tobacco in my old clay churchwarden (very Elizabethan don'tchaknow), usually something rich and festive like Country Squire's Figgy Pudding (yum!). And I contemplate my good fortune: good friends, a wonderful family, reasonable health, and as my late brother used to say: "enough to eat, a roof over one's head, and a little recreation". This group here is a large part of that, and so I say to each and every one: Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, thank you for your fellowship, and good wishes to all as we sally forth into 2025!

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Best wishes for a wonderful new year, Phil. Hope to read a few more of your stories this year!

A very great way to celebrate the holidays…. Being grateful for all we enjoy happy Holidays Phil thanks for sharing

Best wishes to you and your family, Phil!

Merry Christmas to you and the family Phil.

Merry Christmas to all and to those of the other faith this country was founded on, Happy Hannukah!




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Very well said Phil!

Merry Christmas to you and everyone, it’s the season to celebrate great friendships!

Yeah Phil, did much the same thing after all the guests, kids and grandkids were gone: Put my goose hunting bibs, Tam O'Shanter and down vest on, poured a finger and thumb of Curvoisier VS, repaired to my frigid screen porch, fired up an Arturo Fuentes Sun Grown Double Chateau, and had Alexa play Dylan Thomas' "A Child's Christmas In Wales." Could have sworn I heard sleighbells!

Sometimes I feel like a philistine among you folks, but it’s enjoyable to read and learn…and brood also. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.

Hard to think of you as a philistine Garry, and please don’t think of yourself as such; in fact quite the opposite!