Day: December 25, 2018

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A Christmas Wish

My primary Christmas wish for my family and for y’all is for us to drown in happiness, peace, silliness, courage, and love. And every other positive, exciting thing we can add to that list.

The next important wish I have for this year’s Christmas/Hanukkah/Kwanzaa season is for me to make the Holiday Tie Tally go higher than the 100 mark for the bow ties, and the 200 mark for the neckties. I’m working to make that happen in a way that allows you to examine the finer points of the neckwear designs which show up on your screens.

The two Ties o’ the Day I most enjoy in this post’s pix are the pathetic Chuck Brown X-mas tree and the one with the mutt peeing on the snowman. Of course, I love my Ties o’ the Day and Bow Ties o’ the Day equally, as any parent would. They all bid you a grand Merry Christmas.

HOLIDAY TIE TALLY: 98 Bow ties. 176 Neckties.

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Happy X-mas, Y’all, From The Residents Of The Tie Room!

Yes, it’s Christmas mid-morning. And we all know what that means: Suzanne still hasn’t gotten her festive arse out of bed. It also means I woke up Skitter; dragged her downstairs, where I wrapped a red bow and gold-glittered antlers around her; and put her Santa hat on her tired head, at which time she said, “To heck with this. I’m going back to sleep.”

But was I going to let the contagion of everybody’s early-morning exhaustion get in my Christmas way? No, sir. I crowned my head with cheesy holiday antlers– with lights on ’em, which don’t work. I suited up in my ostentatious Jolly Guy jacket, even throwing a Christmas-y handkerchief in its pocket.

And why did I do all this, despite my own hankering to make a bigly commotion which will wake Suzanne so she’ll bah humbug-ly descend the stairs, so I can finally open my presents? I did it for you. Yes, I did. I did it so you could have a Bow Tie o’ the Day X-mas present waiting for you on your screen after you recover from the early morning wrapping paper tornado that flew through your living room.

HOLIDAY TIE TALLY: 91 Bow ties. 167 Neckties. Don’t worry. We’re not done with the count just quite yet.