Was It Something I Said?

Along with the chocolate and a candy cane or two, my Christmas stocking always held a banana and an orange. It’s a simple way to get kids to eat breakfast on a busy morning.

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When I was little, it was a Christmas tradition to find little bags of chocolate coins in our stockings. Yum! When I saw these at the grocery store (perfectly positioned for impulse buying), I couldn’t stop smiling.

Photo by Rosemary West

It was about 80 degrees outside when we stopped at a fast-food place for a cold drink. This woman was wearing Christmas-themed toe socks (patched on the heels with bright blue) with camouflage-striped flip-flops, blue crop pants, a ragged gray-green tank top and a sleeveless, beige cardigan. She caught our attention with her nasty cursing when the counter girl made an error and sold her three drinks instead of one. Neither of them was a native speaker of English, but they were forced to use English because it was the only language they had in common.

Photo by Rosemary West