Tree Trimming is Serious Business, Y’all

Merry Christmas folks, let’s chat…No doubt y’all have finished shopping and wrapping and are enjoying quiet evenings with the family straight out of a Lifetime movie. But, should you be one of the harried ones racing the fat man to the wire, try not to let the pressure get to you.

Reports are stacking up with this year’s holiday run-ins. Some are sad, and some are downright funny—like my brother-in-law’s Christmas casualty. Poor Gene, a much anticipated trip to the deer lease ended with an emergency trip to the eye doctor, where it was discovered that he had somehow managed to scratch his eye. He was given meds and an eye patch to wear until it healed.

That’s when the fun started, at least for Rhonda who may have overdone the pirate jokes about her bald-headed beloved. To add to his general discomfort, the patch didn’t seem to be helping Gene keep his eye closed. Rhonda reports that by the time she suggested he try a different kind of patch, her sweetie was running low on Christmas spirit. “Okay,” he said, “but, let’s not get the kind we’re using to keep your mouth shut— ‘cause it’s not working.”

To her credit, Rhonda gave the guy a pass. The man in our next story could’ve used one, too.

His group gets my pick for this year’s top story in the humor category. Earlier this month, police in South Carolina were called to a home to break up a fight between three generations of women— family members— who were tussling over how the Christmas tree should be decorated. Apparently, one of them had been at work when the other two chose to deck the halls. Upon her return she chose to do a little decking of her own. Tree trimming is serious business, y’all.

My favorite part of the story was when authorities said a male relative got in the middle of it to try and make peace. He failed miserably. Their words, not mine, but I understand. One man trying to calm down three women, I’m gonna have to say the odds were against him.

Hugs, Shellie