To see the family in Missouri today and tomorrow. I might check in, I might not, it depends. So - if I don't, all y'all have a wonderful Christmas Eve and Christmas, however you choose to celebrate it!
SWWBO, putting the finishing touches on the tree at the Castle!*
The Arsenal does possess a few artifacts relative to the season.
Implements of conviviality: Rum jug, cups, beer bottles, glasses. All WWI and II veterans.
Hymnals. From a while back, when it was okay to say, "Merry Christmas!"
Most importantly,
A "Sweetheart Bible," with steel cover plate (to protect the heart, when worn in the breast pocket of combat clothing).
Containing the New Testament.
And dedicated by Iola, to Joe, for Christmas 1944 - Joe was a soldier in the 101st Airborne, who spent Christmas fighting the Germans at Bastogne.
Just as this year, we have soldiers standing guard, doing dangerous things, in dangerous places, trying to help some people rise above the tyranny that ruled them for so many years.
*For you nit-pickers out there - the tree-topper no longer leans drunkenly, either.
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