Monty by Jim Meddick for December 10, 2021

I like the way the hat and scarf flip up when the light comes on.

The spotlight comes on, and an angelic expression of joy comes on the PA system, like with the super-deluxe ocean trunk from “Joe Versus the Volcano”.

Go gently on Monty there, E.B.! It’s not easy for a man of Monty’s mental prowess to distinguish between God and a motion detector floodlight….

If the tree is too expensive, he’ll reject it, regardless!

Living in California it appeared appropriate to put a Bethlehem Star on my Date Palm in the front yard. After all there are no Fir Trees in Jerusalem. Reality. What a concept.

With the prices they charge, they have to keep a close eye on the merchandise. Can’t have people walking off with the profits.

One of my duties is to erect and decorate my Daughter’s tree. As I am executing my duty, I am listening to her recounting the prices of trees. This year, last year and so on. The great trees, that were too much $, the ‘’charlie brown’’ trees and all the rest.

That my friends, is what Christmas means to me.

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“Really? That one?”

I have become too used to calling on God. “Oh God!” Or “Oh my God” for every little event. One day, I am afraid the heavens will open, big bolts of lightening raining down and the voice of God will say “WHAT!”

Don’t do it, Monty! Yule regret it!

Go fight that round-headed kid over that scraggly looking tree!

God works in mysterious semi-automated ways.

Too Dammed expensive, go with artificial!

No, god the tree, devil the price!

What is a real tree going for in the Midwest?

He should be happy there is one there to buy. Where I live, the tree lots are empty.