Betty quilted another Christmas tree for our home on wheels.
Have yourself a very little Christmas Let your bubble be tight From now on Our COVID will be out of sight.
Have yourself a very little Christmas Keep the virus at bay From now on Our families will be miles away.
Wish we were as in olden days Happy golden days of yore Faithful friends who were dear to us Could gather near to us once more.
Through the years we hope to be together If the rules allow Wear a mask and never let your guard go down And have yourself a very little Christmas now…
Six feet apart, of course!
A few more of Betty’s masks, made with love.
Those of you who have read previous posts will know that I often have a song rattling around in my head while contemplating the theme. We have all experienced a lot of holiday music for the last few weeks, and when I went to bed last night, it was Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas going through my noggin.
Betty created this festive runner for our table.
But when I got up at 2:00 am to begin writing, I couldn’t help but think that the words and sentiments were off, just a little… With apologies to the original songwriter, I re-wrote some of the verses to reflect the fact that we are more likely to have a very little Christmas, instead of a merry little Christmas this year. Hope you can still find some humour somewhere though.
Following is a pictorial update:
Saw this palm tree when leaving the bank the other day, & couldn’t help but snap a pic.This one is on a boulevard between two major Nanaimo streets.Looking across the harbour from downtown Nanaimo, to the snow-capped mountains beyond.I finally got out to a golf driving range last week. The course, open year round, is about 7 minutes from our campsite.For fun you can try to hit your ball into this minivan, or into the green dumpsters beyond.Betty is continuing her quilting. Here is one of her latest creations.Here’s another.And some more colourful socks. You won’t get confused with the ones from the department store. lolBeen in Nanaimo for more than a month now, and finally got some Nanaimo bars. Yeah!One of our Christmas traditions is a large family trifle. This little one is for just the two of us this year. (sad face.)We will miss all of our family this year, but particularly our dear grandkids: Isabella, Georgia and James.We still have Charlie with us, with visions of sugarplums (or big juicy bones) dancing in his head as he naps on the couch. lolWe will be missing all of those family traditions, including having Santa keeping watch beside our tree. He’s been there for over 60 years! BTW, I recently saw a documentary on the Oracle of Omaha, Warren Buffet. Film footage from his 1950s family Christmas showed the exact same Santa in the background. Makes me wonder about the history. I know Buffet was invested in Coca Cola. Was this a Coke Santa??
Anyway, I hope everyone can have yourselves a very little Christmas this year! Wear your masks & keep safe!
“Wish we were as in olden days Happy golden days of yore Faithful friends who were dear to us Could gather near to us once more.“
