Christmas is
Published 9:16 pm Tuesday, December 20, 2011
By Rex Alphin
Columnist
Ten million kids from Virginia Beach to L.A. so excited they can hardly stand it.
… Hearing the same songs you heard last year. But somehow they are new again.
… Food. Lots of it. Cookies, pies, cakes, eggnog, chocolate, nuts, wine, ham, cheese, punch …
… Seeing little Kenny being that much taller, Aunt Thelma being that much heavier, Uncle Harry being that much grayer and Grandma Dudley being that much slower.
… The celebration of a person who literally changed the course of human history.
… Grandkids. Pulling on your shirt, crawling up your leg, poking your nose, taking ornaments off the tree, spilling milk, laughing at you making silly sounds. Oh yeah.
… An empty chair that was occupied by someone you loved last year.
… A tree in your house. An actual tree in your living room. What else could possibly make a woman permit that?
… Finding the one bulb that made all the rest go out.
… Someone opening a present and wrapping it back up and acting surprised Christmas morn (you know who you are).
… Finding the perfect gift for someone you love, and you can barely wait to give it to them.
… Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen.
… Kissing her under the mistletoe.
… Almost here!
Rex Alphin is an Isle of Wight farmer and a member of Westminster Reformed Presbyterian Church in Suffolk. Email him at RexAlphin@aol.com.