22 Days Until Christmas 4 Days Until Christmas
It was a cold December day , there was a man and woman, forget it they were a married couple they had a good year and were usually happy, but Christmas gave them a bit of sadness they didn't have children anymore , their children had grown up and were spending Christmas with their own nuclear families or with their spouses' family this year. They used to go all out for Christmas with the best tree in the neighborhood with the amazing lights and more but after their kids had moved on they tried to keep it going but now that there was going to be just them what was the point? The Man bought a small artificial tree and he decorated it.
"This will be our Christmas Tree this year" , he said.
"Why'd you do that?" ,she asked.
"I still like Christmas and it seems sad with out something", he replied.
"That's true, maybe we can put the kids' gifts under it , the ones they sent us", she said.
He put on some Christmas music and they relaxed.
A few days later .. the woman was talking with her neighbor a lady who had difficult year , her husband had passed on and she was raising her daughter ,8, now by herself. The Woman heard how her neighbor wanted to have a great Christmas but was too busy now to set up or even get gifts.
"I'll do it" , said the Woman.
"No.. that's too much to ask you", the neighbor said.
"It will be no problem, does she have a list?", the woman asked.
"I really..." , the neighbor tried to say
"Come on... let me and my husband take care of it", she said.
The Woman told her husband to get a real tree and start decorating they were going to have a grand Christmas this year. Before he could even try and stop her , she grabbed the car keys and said , "We have 5 days and alot of shopping do to"
It was an all day affair of the two , looking for the gifts on the little girl's list and also trying to find some nice things for her mother. The stores were packed with people wall to wall . Then to the market to get some food for a small Christmas meal.
"This was a tiring day" , he said.
"Yes, it was , but we are doing something good and worth", she said.
The next couple days , the house was busy as the man decorated a bigger tree , found the old angel they used for 23 years and put it on top. It looked like Christmas in their living room. While she was wrapping presents and preparing food. A piece of notebook paper fell to the floor , the man put on his glasses and he saw something .
"Hey, we forgot something on her list", he said.
"What'd you mean?", she asked.
"It's says she wants a kitten", he said.
"A Kitten!? " ,she exclaimed.
"Yeah , you know a cat", he said dryly.
"We can't get her a cat " , she said.
"Why the heck can't we?", he said.
"Her mother is already busy , they can't be bogged with a cat", she replied.
"It's a cat not an elephant , cats sleep 90 percent of the day , eat some food , drink water and have a box down stairs to make, they are better than babies", he said.
"It's 2 days before Christmas" ,she said.
"You wanted to do the list ... we are going to finish the list", he replied.
"Why can't you be like those husbands on TV who don't finish anything once in awhile" , she joked.
Radio Station of The Day
Now today's Radio Station of the Day comes from Marquette, Michigan, it's Gift 106.1 W291CJ-FM (WKQS translator to WKQS 101.9 HD 4) I listened to it last year and some points of this year (they do Christmas all year) it's a nice station to add to our list year .. in that area you can listen on 106.1 or 101.9 HD online it's at http://gift106.com/ it's also on the Tune in app search : W291CJ .