"Use All the Crayons!" ... Merry Christmas (jokes)
Podcast is starting to find its footing. I believe each episode shows evident improvement over its predecessor. Listen for yourself here at this week’s offering. Please tell friends about it. I’m hopeful we soon begin to settle in at around the 30-minute-per episode mark. But for now, at 12 minutes it remains thoughtfully short.
And that’s the last time I’m going to refer to anything of mine as “thoughtfully short.”
• Christmas post of the week (from ’10), “Bah Humbug to bah, humbug.”
• These Christmas jokes may sound familiar to anyone in my circle. That’s probably because I find some excuse to tell them nearly year-round. I crack myself up. Honest!
Christmas Humor
• I’m putting together a troupe of tiny side-burned toymakers to head to Vegas and sing, "Jailhouse Rock," "Burnin' Love," etc. "Ladies and gentlemen, give it up for Elves Presley!”
• Q: What does it mean when you hear, "Hoot! Hoot!" coming from a nearby tree this time of year?
A: Owl be home for Christmas.
• Knock knock.
Who's there?
Javier.
Javier who?
Javier-self a Merry little Christmas!
• Q:What should they call those of us who prefer real, live Christmas trees to artificials?
A: Saps!
• The '17 death of Nana always hits particularly hard this time of year. Her death means I can no longer startle the kids by running into the room and somberly announcing, "I hate to be the one to tell you this … but I have terrible news. Grandma (sniff) got run over (sniff) by a reindeer! (wails)”
• Having a bad day? Try humming in your head the Vince Guaraldi piano riff from the Charlie Brown Christmas special. Works every time.
• Every Christmas, be sure to shout “Blucher!” moments before you hear the horse whinny on “Sleigh Ride.” (like they do in “Young Frankenstein.)
• Ask children if they believe it ever bothered Jesus His birthday was the same day as Christmas.
• The Christmas season inspires so many questions: Was the virgin birth real? Is Jesus the true son of God? Will there ever be peace on Earth? I have a question: How did Charlie Brown ever get that sweater over his huge bulbous head.
Merry Christmas!