White Christmas

Well, I just checked the weather forecast and it looks like we’ll be missing out on a white Christmas again. The 23rd will be almost as balmy as some of the weather a friend of mine will be enjoying in Florida, or almost as good as the times I’ve spent the holiday in the American Southwest. Something can be said for mild weather during the Holidays!

Unless you’re lucky enough to stay home, almost everyone has to be somewhere else over Christmas. So look on the bright side; the snow would only cause traffic problems and airport snafus! Worse yet, I have to drive into work on Christmas Day in a very tuned rear-wheel drive car. Pity me!

The Christmases with mild weather were some of the most enjoyable for me when I was a kid. I could go out and play with all of my new toys, without the need to bundle up in all those new Christmas threads. Even better, it was a perfect day to play army and hide-and-go-seek with all of my cousins, and less time indoors with my wicked step-grandmother, and her ice-tea of doom!

The only time it was a bummer, is when Santa had a new sled under the tree for me. That was a guarantee for a snow-free winter!