Ghosts of Holidays Past, Part II

Or how to be an undisciplined writer and still share stuff

Dec 22, 2023

“One day, we’ll all look back on this and laugh…”

…is not the kind of thing you say when you’ve just knocked over a nine-foot Christmas tree and broken most of the ornaments and lights while your parents looked on in horror. This one took nigh on 30 years to be funny:

Holiday Disasters Are Hilarious (Thirty Years Later)

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December 16, 2022

Holiday Disasters Are Hilarious (Thirty Years Later)

There is a certain piece of 37-year-old family lore we revisit every holiday season. It is definitely in the realm of… “Someday, we’ll all look back on this and laugh.” At the tragic time, circa 1984, parents were angry, children were sad, and lots of shit got broken. I composed the Seussian version many years later when resentments had (mostly) simmere…

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Holiday Disasters Are Hilarious (Thirty Years Later)

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