As we make our way into fall, it occurs to me why I love this time of year so much. On the one hand, August is too hot and dangerous. And the heat exhausts me.
But also, the leaves will start to change colors soon and that means the holidays are not that far away. I begin to feel the spirit sooner than most 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 with friends and family.
One of the funny things about the holidays is that with certain friends and relatives, 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 so good.
Now, take my nephew for example. He took a job a few years ago with a big 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 tickles us to death to get it.
Last Christmas, we felt a really unusual gift. It was a live bird! Yes sir. A real live 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 bow on its head.
I’ll tell you what… that bird was delicious. We had it for Christmas dinner, with dressing and sweet potatoes 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 caught the bird, and I said, “We caught it good.”
He asked me if we liked the bird and I said, “It was delicious!”
Well, my nephew was mad as a hornet in a hail storm. Yes sir. I mean, he started fighting like crazy.
He said, “I can’t believe you ate that bird. I didn’t mean for you to eat the golden thing. Wow, that bird was worth a fortune. That bird could speak two different languages!”
I said, “Well… I should have said something!”
