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Chat with Deb —Christmas (???) 2023
We get back home, it’s [checks watch] August, and we have Christmas catalogs…
My wife and I like to amuse ourselves by leafing through the junk mail catalogs. We’ve been doing this for a long time. So I should know when Christmas stuff starts showing up.
And yet every year I manage to be taken by surprise. Is it an age thing? Like those folks who say, “Wow, days are getting short all of a sudden!” and I mutter, “Seasons, wow, when did those start happening?” and Deb swats me.
ME: Harry & David, right? Perfectly decent company, known them for decades, they don’t do odd things. And then we have this. (shows Deb item in catalog)
DEB: What, it’s a… tree, Christmas tree, small Christmas tree, with a… hat? What?
ME: Gnome. “Spruce Christmas Tree Gnome.” With hat, mittens, and white ornament for a nose. Live tree. Also lights up. Hundred bucks plus shipping.
DEB: Sorry, I’m looking at t-shirts. “Am I perfect? No. But am I trying to get better? Also…
