Stone Soup by Jan Eliot for December 22, 2024

I’m with Holly. Don’t waste money on gifts I don’t want.

The Gap sold out back in November.

We can tell ‘just how thrilled’ Alix is by this conversation, he fell asleep—smart girl ! ! !

“I wonder if they sell lumps of coal at the Gap.”

Try the Cumberland Gap.

Well, they don’t sell COAL, par se’, But the cheap crap they sell will BURN like coal……..

Our Middle Daughter was (maybe still is) Holly. Hubby is part Cherokee, and she sometimes called him The Big Chief. He, on the other hand, called her Princess Clothes Horse.

Duke Cannon makes a “Lump of Coal” soap (more targeted to boys and men, but I guess Holly could use it) – I got it for my teenage grandson last year.

The grilling section of our hardware store has designer charcoal for the grill.

One of my kids used to say that GAP stood for Gay and Proud. I mentioned this to a guy at work who was wearing a GAP t-shirt. Even though I said my son wasn’t serious, he never came to work with it on again.

I’m Jewish. When I was growing up, I sometimes wished my family celebrated Christmas, so I could get lots of gifts, as my friends at school and neighbors did. After viewing today’s SS episode, I’m reminded how glad I am that I have never participated in the buying frenzy that symbolizes this holiday in the US.