Tuesday, December 26, 2006

The Missing Toe

Yesterday, Christmas. Lots of fun, especially with what Ana added to it.

Ana, my Brazilian wife, has English all but mastered. But now and then, something wonderful slips out because of something that's not often encountered -- like a particular song.

So yesterday she joined Burl Ives as he belted out his "Holly Jolly Christmas." She happily sang, and out it came: "Ho ho, the Missing Toe, hung where you can see."

Must be hidden in plain site -- the hardest thing to find -- if it's missing. Ah, the song will never be quite so innocent again.

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