I will be pleased whenever things arrive. I have scattered relatives and friends and I will be getting and giving gifts for some time. I trust and believe, for MudSantas have never let me down, bless their collective generous hearts. It still has a chance.

I know the US Postal Service seems to be going to Hell since I retired. After 37 years they're finally taking one of my suggestions seriously! But I still have faith in them, as well, or at least those from lower management on down.

I've gotten to know a few of the wee folk, too, through Hash and McGhee, and though a bit erratic and with a tendancy to party hard (I've never had any leftovers from the feasts I've put out over the years), I trust them implicitly, as well. Never has there been any complaints about reindeer.

So however it arrives, I'll be greatful and content with the content.

Waiting is part of Christmas, and alone, divorced and with friends and family widespread, it's up to me to do it. Don't worry, I could do it in my sleep.