Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for November 19, 2015

Um… Peter Otterloop, Sr., sir? Isn’t that what decorations are for? To display in order to let people see?

We put our decorations in the attic once. Summer heat caused all the wax ones to warp.

She is easily pleased. Of course, she is easily displeased too.

Waxy Santa should do the job. Just don’t give him the needle, okay?Manic Alice is a Force of Nature to which Peter wisely capitulated before any real harm was done….

I believe he is of the group that doesn’t display Christmas decorations before your American Thanksgiving?

I also have some awful, ugly, misshapen tree ornaments I simply cannot seem to throw away. I dutifully hang them, but now they are on the wall side of the tree.

It looks like an old fuzzy apple core to me.

Oh boy! Oh boy! Oh boy! indeed. Little pleasures!

I went outside a few nights ago – mind you, it isn’t even Thanksgiving – ad one o our neighbours has their lights turned on.

Went to a sandwich shop for lunch yesterday, and was subjected to Chrismas music already…yeesh. :-/

Turkey makes me ill – sil’s mother got us all tomaine poisoning one year and Christmas is all stress to me, since the wife will spend the winter’s fuel and house payments on Christmas. I had to sit her down and tell her that I have lived in a vehicle before we were married and she would NOT like that, so she gets to pay all the bills – make it work with this amount of money or else – it is still very nerve racking, everything gets paid at the last minute or late for a couple of months, but now it isn’t my problem…..

What’s disgusting is all the stores and car dealerships having pre-Black Friday sales. Come on, guys, Black Friday is a TRADITION, just like Turkey and dressing. A lot of people live for lining up outside their store of choice at 3 or 4am in the morning. These sales pitches started about 2 weeks ago.