Wednesday, January 11, 2017

A Previously Unreported Holiday Story

We live in an idyllic little town, where things like this happen.



"Someone has installed candle sacks in our yard," I said to Gloria on the phone.

"Oh, I forgot to tell you about that," she said. "Also, the rest of the world calls them 'luminarias'," she said.

"Semantics," I said, inaccurately. "What do you know about this yard invasion?"

"There was a neighborhood committee asking for volunteers to put them up for the night," she said.

"What next?" I asked. "Underground missile silos? Will we have to feed the technicians? Who has the codes?"

"They come by and take them down tomorrow," she said.

"Okay, never mind," I said.

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