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I just wanted to wish both of my faithful readers the happiest of holidays, whichever one(s) you choose to celebrate.  I’ve had an almost cheesily perfect Christmas day, jam-packed full of love, family, and friends - thank God for text messaging! 

Some of the day’s entertaining moments came from the adorable antics of "Little Miss Sunshine", as well as a quickly downloaded Christmas cd by the late James Brown, who soulfully serenaded us from the beyond as we began our day.

And of course, as per usual at the Bailer house, there was also a ton of delicious food.  Omaha steaks, Caesar salad, escargot, baked potato, green beans, etc.  Thankfully I, unlike my little big sister Amy, am not currently on a diet and therefore was able to enjoy every last bite of it.  YAY!

All of that said, I must give props where props are due to my carb-countin’ sis for providing the holiday highlight in the form of a HUGE Christmas Eve laugh.

Our parents had made it clear that they really wanted us to join them at church for mass on Christmas morning.  Even though Amy and I aren’t so Catholically inclined these days (my sobriety has provided me with a much more functional personal spirituality), we’re basically willing to do anything that makes Mom happy.  While discussing with our parents whether or not Amy and I were "in a state of grace" and therefore eligible to receive Communion, I made some crack about how I’d better not eat too much breakfast beforehand, otherwise I may not have room for the body of Christ.

My sister, God bless her, without missing a beat, said:

"Hey can we get carb-free hosts?"

The Bailer family immediately erupted into beautifully typical fits of uncontrollable laughter, through which I landed my reply:

"Only if I can get alcohol-free wine!"

Yeah yeah yeah, sure we may be going to hell for such blasphemy, but at least we’ll be laughing our asses off all the way there.

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So here’s wishing you a truly joyous holiday season full of love and laughter.  And try to squeeze in a smidge of blasphemy.  It may not be good for the soul, but it’s great for a laugh. 

And that’s good for the soul.

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