Happy Holidays – a quick Pootie Diary to hold you over until the “Official” one is posted later this afternoon.
Come on in and join me for a bit.
Pooties are here for you in abundance, as are various critters, on this holiday.
There is no ideal Christmas; only the one Christmas you decide to make as a reflection of your values, desires, affections, traditions. Bill McKibben
These are the family and friends I will be spending the day with:
Figero, aka Buddy
He is my helper, keeps me company in whatever room I am working in, when a big nap does not interfere.
Amber, aka Amber Sweet and Shortstuff
She is a really tiny cat, with a big purr.
And a visit from my sister, the cookie baker, later in the day. (My family had a big gathering at Thanksgiving. Those gatherings involve a lot of travel, as we are spread all over the middle of the country.)
"I wish we could put up some of the Christmas spirit in jars and open a jar of it every month."
Harlan Miller
I have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come round, as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable time; the only time I know of, in the long calendar of the year, when men and women seem by one consent to open their shut-up hearts freely, and to think of people below them as if they really were fellow passengers to the grave, and not another race of creatures bound on other journeys. ~Charles Dickens
Animals get in to the spirit of Christmas?
Not so sure about the humans, for example:
I once bought my kids a set of batteries for Christmas with a note on it saying, toys not included. Bernard Manning
Christmas is a time when everybody wants his past forgotten and his present remembered. What I don't like about office Christmas parties is looking for a job the next day. Phyllis Diller
Christmas at my house is always at least six or seven times more pleasant than anywhere else. We start drinking early. And while everyone else is seeing only one Santa Claus, we'll be seeing six or seven. W.C. Fields
This bird has a happy:
As do these dogs/woozles:
How would you like to find this under the tree?
If you have a party this weekend, take the cat/Pootie?
More human input on Christmas, some might be PG::
Dear Lord, I've been asked, nay commanded, to thank Thee for the Christmas turkey before us... a turkey which was no doubt a lively, intelligent bird... a social being... capable of actual affection... nuzzling its young with almost human- like compassion. Anyway, it's dead and we're gonna eat it. Please give our respects to its family... Berke Breathed
The Supreme Court has ruled that they cannot have a nativity scene in Washington, D.C. This wasn't for any religious reasons. They couldn't find three wise men and a virgin. Jay Leno.
I stopped believing in Santa Claus when I was six. Mother took me to see him in a department store and he asked for my autograph. Shirley Temple
Oh look, yet another Christmas TV special! How touching to have the meaning of Christmas brought to us by cola, fast food, and beer... Who'd have ever guessed that product consumption, popular entertainment, and spirituality would mix so harmoniously? Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes
A good way to end the busy day (or any day):
“Christmas gift suggestions:
To your enemy, forgiveness.
To an opponent, tolerance.
To a friend, your heart.
To a customer, service.
To all, charity.
To every child, a good example.
To yourself, respect.”
Oren Arnold
Hope all are having a safe, joyful day no matter who you spend it with, and whether you celebrate any or all of the Holidays that come during this time of year.
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Credits and Thanks
Many thanks to icanhascheezburger.com, source of the LOLpics.
Special thanks to all the Pootie-Woozle people for all they do to make this world a better place.
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