December Doodles by Brian K. Raynor

SANTA CLAUS

CHRISTMAS CHEER

SNOOPY & WOODSTOCK

AMERICAN PIE

Christmas is really over!!!!

Saturday I finally got the Christmas tree disassembled! I hate the chore of Christmas clean up. Bringing the holiday clutter down from the attic is not as bad as putting it all away. Maybe because when decorating, nostalgic feelings and anticipation of the holiday makes the chore more celebratory and less like work. I made several trips up to the attic. That's another mess in itself. In the midst of all the dust covered junk that has accumulated up there I wondered why I hold onto to things. Worthless things, really. Antiques Road Show will find no treasure there!

Christmas Tree

It's been a few years since I've put a tree up for Christmas. No little one's at my house to enjoy it. I don't usually have holiday get-to-gethers at my house but this year my family will probably be coming to my house for Christmas. So, Sunday I got my Christmas tree out of the attic. 6 feet and scraggly. Brought the decorations down as well. Realized I had no lights for it. So last night I stopped at Wal-Mart & picked up a couple strings of white lights. Put the lights and ornaments on and now "It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas". Humbly compared to many and not nearly as decorative as Christmas' past at my sister's house. She died a few years ago. So I'm trying to hold our family together with some semblance of our previous holidays. Now I must begin my search for gifts,...

Ho Ho Hum Bug!!

Spent the 1st day of December stressing at work (End of Month) while listening to Christmas music on pandora.com. Someone asked me if I have all my Christmas shopping done yet. "No" and the Christmas music didn't get me in the Spirit to start either. I just got over a 4 day Turkey & Carbohydrate coma and am not in a healthy state of mind or otherwise to be out shopping for Christmas. I may be as fat as Santa but not quite as jolly yet.