FOOD BOX ITEM DAY 10....Two cans
mixed fruit
SPREADING HOLIDAY CHEER....Donate to
a toy drive
HOLIDAY WORD of The Day....CANDY
CANE
It’s now day ten in spreading holiday cheer. I just hope I’m making people feel cheerful. Today the food box item is two cans of mixed fruit (fruit cocktail). I personally have always enjoy this especially in a jello mold. Well green jello but red can be good also. To be truthful the only time I have jello these days is in Jell-O shots. I donated cash to a local toy drive. Years past I gave toys but I’m not sure at times which age group needs toys so cash or even gift card can help the ones running the drive buy what they need.
Today I wrote a acrostic using candy cane but focused it on Santa’s impending visit and what might be given to all this year. Actually is a perfect 2020 piece. It will be used as greeting card verse. The other piece is for a greeting card that I’ll be posting on line. I may be doing this on occasion until Christmas.
Part Two of a Ms. Santa story is today. It’s a more cheerier story than my last. I do enjoy giving small items out during the holiday season. Even if you’re celebrating Hanukkah I’m still giving you something.
Yesterday’s flag raising for Pearl Harbor day was fine in spite of it being damp from the rain. It began to slightly drizzle again once the flag raising concluded.
Today is a short reading for a change. The second part of an Elks Christmas is today.
Yesterday I found in a closet a bag of American flag pins with a little message from Santa. It was funny as I forgot about them. They are now in my car, ready to be given to veterans.
Until tomorrow....have a great Tuesday and as always Stay Safe.
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PART II
After the nasty lady walked back into the main room I finally thought I’d take a sip of my now getting watered down drink.
As I picked up my glass I felt someone tapping me on the shoulder. I put the drink down (no sip) and turned to see a man standing there holding the bag of snowman poop. He slams it down in the bar and says “you gave me this and you gave my friend one. He has twelve marshmallows and there’s only nine in this bag”.
I had to clear my head and think what the heck did he say. I realized then they actually opened the bag and counted. I took a deep breath reached into the naughty gag bag and gave him a bag of reindeer poop. Saying to him as I gave it that I was sorry but here’s something else instead. After he walked away with a no thank you to me I though finally I can drink. The man sitting two stools over said to me I shouldn’t have done that. You see a moment later this guy comes up to me complaining I gave his friend reindeer poop and he wants some too. I handed him a bag and said Merry Christmas but again no reply or even thank you. Now Mr. Two Stools away is laughing. Oh I finally got a chance to drink the watered dawn beverage. Mr. Two Stools or TS (as I’ll refer to him now) says to me that those two guys are friends and in a constant competition about stuff. He said they actually complained that one of them had a few more French fries than the other and the kitchen went and sent up oa few more for the guy. Now who counts French fries? I could hardly believe people. As I sat chatting with TS a women comes over to me. In her hand was the crochet snowflake. I thought oh now what.
She asked if I made it. I explained no but the reason I ordered them I explained to her. She told me when she was married for their first Christmas she could not afford gifts for family so she crocheted Christmas ornaments as gifts as well as ornaments for their tree. She said over the years they are yellow with age and her granddaughter now has them. She said she is using that story about the crocheting gifts in her life stories now as the snowflake I gave her made her remember. She hugged me and thanked me for the snowflake. Well I went into my bag and gave her a few more. She told me she thought I was so sweet but I did it because she was so nice.
I thought about but not returning there again the next year to play Ms. Santa but I did which is now Part Three.
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IT’S 2020
© Scottie-ann Murphy
Cookies and milk we leave for Santa
And carrots or oats for the reindeer
Now we wait for Mr. Claus to arrive
Don’t know if he’ll come this year
You know the reason, it’s 2020
COVID has us all in a tailspin
And Santa might just be quarantined
Nice or naughty doesn’t matter
Everyone gets masks and hand sanitizer
CANDY CANE
© Scottie-ann Murphy
Candy cane of white and red
Hangs off the evergreen branches
The cane resembles a shepherd’s staff
But when reversed it’s the letter “J”
J for Jesus the reason we celebrate
Christmas
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