My Least Favorite Christmas

RedDish: "Circle of life indeed!"

Just recalled my least favorite Christmas.

Milady and I had been up really late, putting presents under the tree, stuffing stockings. Then we slept hard, & late, for a Christmas morning.

Awoke to find the kids had already opened all their presents without us, so we missed the greatest delight, seeing their joy of discovering all we'd set up for them. They "didn't want to wake up" their poor old sleeping parents, they said.

Milady was amused. For me, that was the day I began to realize what a total failure I was as a parent. Quarter of a century ago, and I can still feel bad about that morning.

Merry Christmas, friends.

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