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A Christmas Story

December 27th, 2005 at 8:21 am by Preston Taylor Holmes

Or, “Tuned Out, Turned Off, Dropped Out: How I Shutted Down My Brane For Christmas”.

I will say that it was nice to avoid the computer and the blogosphere for a couple of days. Though I was checking e-mail, I didn’t do much more than that. I need to tune out more often.

However, I will share a Christmas Eve story that provides an example of how truly out of it I was.

While the family and I were visiting my sister and her family, we remembered that we needed to take some of the recently iced Christmas cookies home to leave for Santa Claus. So Mrs. Holmes packed a couple of them up to take home. I recommended that we take a couple more home so that I could enjoy a cookie as well.

Four hours later, this conversation took place:

Me: Hey… wait a minute.

Mrs. Holmes: What?

Me: Santa’s not really going to eat those cookies.

Mrs. Holmes: Yeah?

Me: So we didn’t need to bring any more home for me.

Mrs. Holmes: Why do you think we were looking at you like that?

Me: Damn.

And I hadn’t even been drinking at that point. The holidays are dangerous.


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5 Responses to “A Christmas Story”

  1. Feisty Says:
    December 27th, 2005 at 10:02 am

    I will say that it was nice to avoid the computer…though I was checking e-mail.

    Typical blogger. :wink:

    Cute ditzy holiday story there, PTH. Mrs. Holmes is probably fielding worried-relative phone calls in your defense as we speak.

    “No, he didn’t have a nervous breakdown but thanks for your concern…Yes, his insurance includes inpatient psychiatric help…why do you ask? No, he’s not back on the smack again, grandma…”

  2. Swamp Rabbit Says:
    December 27th, 2005 at 11:48 am

    PTH, Your a much better man than I,,, I can’t visit my sister and her family without first drinking vast quantites of moonshine,,,,

  3. Vinnie Says:
    December 27th, 2005 at 7:36 pm

    You actually tune in?

    News to me.

    :mrgreen:

  4. Aakash Says:
    December 28th, 2005 at 1:30 am

    I should have posted this two days ago… But I hope that you and the entire Holmes family had a very Merry Christmas, and that you have a Happy New Year as well! Keep up the good work at this site.

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