Tiny Tim and Jesus Wake Up Grinchy Scrooges on Christmas

And children are the essential ingredient

Image by Leroy Skalstad from Pixabay (cropped and edited by author)

I can’t tell you when or why I began disdaining the holidays. I carry a Yuletide mood akin to layers of gray ashes caked on the gritty chimney of my not-so-jovial yesteryears.

My “Ho Ho Ho” is more like “No, no, NO!” as I realize it’s time to paste on my phony jolly…