Thursday’s open line


Hopefully, as you read this, the stockings are already hung by the chimney with care, and the presents are safely cocooned and ready for tomorrow. If not, make certain that you exercise care as you venture into the jungle of holiday retail to pick up those last few items.

In our family, we have a tradition of trying, and failing, to ease the littlest among us into bed at a reasonable hour. That way, we can wrap everything in time to be dragged from our beds to watch those very same little ones rip all those hours of work apart with no small amount of joy.