Opinion

We took a cruise ship out of New York to the Caribbean over the holidays, which was a good education.

Old Man Christmas (moi) has been out shopping and found a shop that sells hiking shoes so, being married to a hiker, I went in and saw beautiful alligator boots, also a pair of sharkskin, and wouldn’t this be perfect for my beloved venturing into ungenteel neighborhoods, boots made from man-eating creatures, better than pepper spray or a Smith & Wesson, but the pricetag was staggering –– I’m the son of a postal clerk –– so I moved on.

And Christmas has come and gone.

I love Christmas, coming as I do from fundamentalists, a bunch who don’t score high on the Festivity Scale.

On of my Grandma Pat’s favorite holidays was Christmas.

Since Christmas falls on a weekend this year, the paper must be put to bed early.

You may have noticed on the front page of the newspaper this week there’s a notice regarding the January 4th edition.