Comments on: The Day Christmas Came (Gasp!) Late http://middlezonemusings.com/the-day-christmas-came-gasp-late/ It's about lessons learned... from life! Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:23:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Robert Hruzek http://middlezonemusings.com/the-day-christmas-came-gasp-late/#comment-2691 Robert Hruzek Thu, 20 Dec 2007 02:14:54 +0000 http://middlezonemusings.com/the-day-christmas-came-gasp-late/#comment-2691 Wow! Must have been <i>really</i> bad, pickel! Hope it didn't rub off, eh? :-D Wow! Must have been really bad, pickel! Hope it didn’t rub off, eh? :-D

]]> By: pickel http://middlezonemusings.com/the-day-christmas-came-gasp-late/#comment-2689 pickel Thu, 20 Dec 2007 01:54:57 +0000 http://middlezonemusings.com/the-day-christmas-came-gasp-late/#comment-2689 there is a rumor that my uncle actually did get coal one year. there is a rumor that my uncle actually did get coal one year.

]]> By: Robert Hruzek http://middlezonemusings.com/the-day-christmas-came-gasp-late/#comment-2677 Robert Hruzek Wed, 19 Dec 2007 03:14:33 +0000 http://middlezonemusings.com/the-day-christmas-came-gasp-late/#comment-2677 Thanks, Karen! I'll check it out. Thanks, Karen! I’ll check it out.

]]> By: Mother Earth http://middlezonemusings.com/the-day-christmas-came-gasp-late/#comment-2676 Mother Earth Tue, 18 Dec 2007 23:41:53 +0000 http://middlezonemusings.com/the-day-christmas-came-gasp-late/#comment-2676 Robert -- You might enjoy this little holiday memory: http://bestwellnessconsultant.com/2007/12/16/its-my-turn-to-sleep-with-baby-jesus-memory-family-funny-best-of-mother-earth.aspx Mother Earth aka Karen Hanrahan www.bestwellnessconsultant.com Robert — You might enjoy this little holiday memory:
http://bestwellnessconsultant.com/2007/12/16/its-my-turn-to-sleep-with-baby-jesus-memory-family-funny-best-of-mother-earth.aspx

Mother Earth aka Karen Hanrahan
http://www.bestwellnessconsultant.com

]]> By: Robert Hruzek http://middlezonemusings.com/the-day-christmas-came-gasp-late/#comment-2675 Robert Hruzek Tue, 18 Dec 2007 23:08:42 +0000 http://middlezonemusings.com/the-day-christmas-came-gasp-late/#comment-2675 Mike D.: I wish I was any good at Photoshop *sigh* - I have some great ideas! Love the goatee idea! Mike: I have to agree with you; and we usually don't really know how good we've got it, either! Sterling: Whoa! Kudos to some, er, really creative parents! But looks like they sorta did a passable job, though, don'cha think? :-) Mike D.: I wish I was any good at Photoshop *sigh* - I have some great ideas! Love the goatee idea!

Mike: I have to agree with you; and we usually don’t really know how good we’ve got it, either!

Sterling: Whoa! Kudos to some, er, really creative parents! But looks like they sorta did a passable job, though, don’cha think? :-)

]]> By: Sterling Camden http://middlezonemusings.com/the-day-christmas-came-gasp-late/#comment-2673 Sterling Camden Tue, 18 Dec 2007 19:25:10 +0000 http://middlezonemusings.com/the-day-christmas-came-gasp-late/#comment-2673 Great story, Robert. When my mother was little, her parents always threatened that Santa would bring them "switches" instead of presents. I don't mean NAND gates -- by "switches" they meant long, flexible, narrow tree branches that could be used for child abuse, er I mean, discipline. One Christmas, my mother and her siblings rushed into the parlor, and there was nothing but switches under the tree. After much pleading and many promises to always be good in the future, her parents produced the real presents that Santa had left along with the switches. They said that Santa had told them to decide which their children should receive. Great story, Robert.

When my mother was little, her parents always threatened that Santa would bring them “switches” instead of presents. I don’t mean NAND gates — by “switches” they meant long, flexible, narrow tree branches that could be used for child abuse, er I mean, discipline.

One Christmas, my mother and her siblings rushed into the parlor, and there was nothing but switches under the tree.

After much pleading and many promises to always be good in the future, her parents produced the real presents that Santa had left along with the switches. They said that Santa had told them to decide which their children should receive.

]]> By: Mike http://middlezonemusings.com/the-day-christmas-came-gasp-late/#comment-2672 Mike Tue, 18 Dec 2007 18:16:11 +0000 http://middlezonemusings.com/the-day-christmas-came-gasp-late/#comment-2672 This is a great post--I feel OUR generation is truly one of the most blest of all. This is a great post–I feel OUR generation is truly one of the most blest of all.

]]> By: Mike DeWitt http://middlezonemusings.com/the-day-christmas-came-gasp-late/#comment-2671 Mike DeWitt Tue, 18 Dec 2007 16:49:55 +0000 http://middlezonemusings.com/the-day-christmas-came-gasp-late/#comment-2671 The only way to improve this post would be to photoshop your sunglasses onto the kid opening the present (or a Mitch Miller goatee - which would be awesome!). The only way to improve this post would be to photoshop your sunglasses onto the kid opening the present (or a Mitch Miller goatee - which would be awesome!).

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