Christmas is a reminder to me,
good men and women are born
to live and die eventually. And
good stories, true or not, often
follow them throughout history.
I like the one where a young woman
sells her lengthy hair to buy her
husband an expensive watch fob.
And unbeknownst to him, he sells his
beloved watch to buy his wife an
expensive brush for her beautiful
long hair.
O. Henry's famous Christmas
story, The Gift of the Maji, gets
at the heart of gift giving for me.
Even though biblical gold, frankin-
cense and myrrh and storied watch
chains these days are pretty much
old-fashioned or expensively out
of reach for common folk such as
you and me, in the true spirit of
gift-giving, a good Christmas story
is worth repeating over and again.
I’ll trust your judgment this Christmas,
my friends, but please, no ties for me.
I haven’t had need for one of those in
years. Besides, ties don’t make a very
romantic story line.
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Chris Hanch 11-30-2022
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