Christmas 2023

” I’m The Author Here! ” C.D.

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RDP Tuesday is about christmas shows- Prompt: Protagonist

Classic illustrations by John Leech in the 1843 edition of “A Christmas Carol”

The Man Who Invented Christmas is a movie  about a  Victorian era  writer named Charles Dickens who promised his publishers a book about Ghosts and Christmas just in time-

for Christmas.

Seriously. It had a Christmas Eve release date.

Impossible the publishers said! On top of it they didn’t exactly love the idea and I should probably mention he had a case of Writer’s block and the characters he created were Divas and that added to his struggle to bring his Christmas story to life.

His main character was the worst of all- he was a man with a dark heart and he told Charles this story was doomed to failure from the first word on the first page. Good thing ‘delete’ keys didn’t exist back then. That particular character may have ended up in the trash bin otherwise.

My favorite scenes in the movie were the scenes that showed Charles interacting with his characters it was a great window to the writer’s process  ( for some of us anyway )

So I can’t stress it enough- this movie is a spectacular film and if you watch it and then  chase it down with Alistar Sim’s version of Scrooge you will get a great dose of the Christmas Spirit and it may be the most non-alcoholic related fun you will have this season.

amm

 

Checking It Twice

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WordPress Prompters ask us to: List your top 5 grocery store items.

That’s kind of boring- so I thought I’d have a little fun and list the top 5 things

you would find on Krampus’ Grocery store items list:

1: Peppermint Schnapps ( 100 proof  OF COURSE )

2:  McCormick’s Smokehouse Maple Seasoning

3:  Earl Grey flavored Gelato

4:  Chicken Nuggets

5:   Microwave Popcorn

There you have it- Krampus’ grocery list.

Ho Ho Ho.

Is She Serious?

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Today’s Letter To Krampus Inspired By The WP Prompt: Tell us one thing you hope people say about you.

AI Art by The Pumpkin Empress

Dear Krampus

Upon occasion I run across a picture on line where Santa is kneeling next to baby Jesus in his cradle.

There are comments under the picture like ” HE is the reason for the season ” and I stop and have to ask- I MUST ask, are they talking about Jesus or Santa?”

Don’t laugh Krampus –  because I am serious and I hope people know that for a fact.

Really.

I am being serious.

Ho Ho Ho.

amm

Dear Krampus-My First Letter

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Fandangos One Word Challenge ” Transgression ”  has  inspired me to create a series of posts with one theme- My Letters To Krampus- ho ho ho!

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Christmas isn’t exactly my favorite time of the year now, so in the hopes of not ending up on  Krampus’ bad side ( does he have a good side? I wonder ) I am writing to him to plead my case- that maybe I’m not a total Christmas Spoiler and don’t deserve a budle of sticks for Christmas

My first effort is: I heard the worst Christmas Story Today

AI Art by The Pumpkin Empress

Dear Krampus,

She told me a story about her family.

She told me that  she has two nieces and that every year she wishes she could see them for Christmas but she can’t- it’s not like she couldn’t just drive over and say ” ho ho ho ” and give then gift cards to Starbucks.

She just can’t bring herself to, as she put it, ” perform the ritual “.

She told me that one of her nieces was born with  a debilitating disease that ran in her Sister-In- Laws family and had her Sister-in- Law not been selfish and wanted a baby, her niece wouldn’t have to have such a challenging life.

Her other niece, she told me, was as vain and vapid as her Mother and that in her niece’s entire life she had never seen her with a book in her hand.

Her vain and vapid niece was gorgeous though and to prove it she showed me a picture of her niece.  As she gazed down at her phone into  her nieces image, I saw true love.

I got the feeling that in Her mind this image of a you woman making duck lips at the camera made up for her niece’s lack of intellectual curiosity and that spelled out the hint that being  vain and vapid was a trait that ran on both sides of the family.

I told her I had three nieces and that they were all finding their way in the world- including my niece with Autism and they were doing their best to find their way through the world.

She winked at me and said, ” of course they are “.

I wanted to reach out and jab my finger into her stupid overly made up eye.

That year like every year I see my nieces at Christmas and that sometimes  I see them with books in their hands and sometimes they wear  alot of makeup and sometimes they tell great stories and jokes and other times I wonder how such unique and stunning creatures could be related to me.

I know I am lacking in the Christmas Spirit Krampus, but  on this day I didn’t tear someone’s eye out their head and I told a nice Christmas story about my family,

AMM