Christmas Vignettes

Cakes of icy slush that lick the cars
Warm lights prismed through the green needles
Kid rolled, peanut butter blossoms, warm and melting on the tongue
Anxious Christmas list triple checking
Little giggles drifting from inside discarded cardboard boxes
White lines, the ghostly flatlining of a passed on TV
Bright flicker of all 46" of LCD
Strewn remains of wrapping paper and bows
Intense deliberation regarding the allocation of presents
Multi-colored sticks of skewered meat boiling in crisp oil
Delicately balancing the variety of pots and pans for Christmas dinner
Warm, entangling bed linens ensnaring us on lazy mornings
White dusted hair, shelves and clothes
Imperfect, bright white bubbles on a blue background
Muddy, hot Ukrainian Steppe ripped from the pages of a book
Four hands, Four feet, 88 keys, one beautiful Christmas duet
A ragtag band; virtual drums, guitar & singer playing to the stream of color
Leapsters, discarded princess dresses, multiple costume changes
Wall-E on the digitally projected on the wall about 3' x 4.5'
Gravelly Keifer voice narrating a WWII island attack
Shattered Link crossbow targets
Impromptu Nativity play; angelic mom, donkey dad
Stomping country lines; kicks, twists and stomps at 1AM
Delighted, smiling and love-filled faces of little girls
Warm glow of a holiday well spent

HRP