Tis' the Season. Here it is again. It seems to come quicker each year. As I was driving my daughter to her basketball practice tonight, I was noticing all the different Christmas decorations and lights that adorn each home. Visions were going through my head, and it wasn't sugar plums, it was the untangling of the endless strings of Christmas lights, while my fingers are freezing. Lets just say that I wasn't saying "Ho, Ho, Ho" under my breath.
Honestly, each year when I take the lights down, I wind them up in a neat little ball to avoid the frustration of untangling. I swear there is some little evil elf that goes into that box sometime during the year and tangles up those strings of Christmas lights. That elf must be related to the same guy that steals the missing sock out of the dryer.
Anyway, as I was driving by some homes, the lights look just too perfect. You know as well as I do that the husband and wife haven't spent a blissful day measuring and hanging a zillion strands of lights. They paid for it!! Don't get me wrong, I know some people just don't have the time and/or patience for this type of entertainment, but I can't help thinking of the passing ritual of hanging Christmas lights that these people are depriving themselves of.
So for all rest of us die hards, I want to give you step by step instructions on how to hang you Christmas lights that will give you a Holiday glow. 1. Pick a day that falls into one or all of these credentials; a). Temperature above 30 degrees b). Wind not blowing above 50 miles per hour c). Snowfall less than 5 feet 2). Test all you lights INSIDE your house to make sure that they are working 3). Turn on some Christmas music to get you in the mood 4). Make Glug; Turn your stove-top burner on low. Get a 8 quart pot out and fill it up with 6 cinnamon sticks, 6 slices of oranges, a handful of raisins and 1 4/5 qt. of 140 proof brandy. Simmer slowly for an hour 5). Hang your lights for an hour 6). Go inside, hang up your coat, dust the snow off your head and pour yourself a mug of Glug. This is when you will feel the Holiday glow!!
Good tidings and good trading to all!!