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“I said that I’ve rented some reindeer for the caroling and they’re swimming in the pool.”
“You rented reindeer?”
“Uh huh, and they’re swimming in the pool.”
“Why would you,” Bette exclaimed as she threw off the bedcovers and jumped to her feet, “rent reindeer and let them in our…” Bette paused. “Oh.” She turned and faced Tina. “I wasn’t paying attention?”
“You weren’t.”
“Sorry. It’s a very good book,” Bette appealed for forgiveness. “What were you asking?”
Tina hid her smile behind an expression of hurt. “Whether you thought the caroling should be on a weeknight.”
A sarcastic response was on Bette’s lips, but she suppressed it before it escaped. Under the circumstances, it would have been even more unwise than usual.
As Tina watched Bette’s struggle, she found it increasingly difficult to hide her amusement.
Bette considered the question. “T, um, people have complicated weekend plans. A weeknight would be better. Wednesday. Maybe Tuesday.”
“Good. Wednesday it is.”
Bette smiled a pained smile.
Tina now hid her triumphant response. She had gotten Bette’s input. Even better, though, she had gotten a great story to tell the framily. Bette thought there were reindeer in the pool. Alice was going to love it.
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December 2 – 4
Bette had decided that passivity was her best response to Tina’s caroling planning. She listened, giving her opinion about details when it was requested, but no more than that.
Bette finally gave up her hope that Tina would abandon the plans. Bette even acknowledged, privately and only when she was being honest with herself, that she resented the time Tina surrendered to the caroling folly when Bette could have been the center of that attention.
She was certain it would be a disaster, but Tina was a big girl and could cope. However, Angelica was not a big girl.
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December 5
“Mama B, when do we go carling?”
“Caroling, sweetie.”
“But when do we go?”
Bette thought for a moment. “In twelve days.”
“But that’s too long!”
Bette noted that her daughter’s feelings were just the opposite of her own. In fact, she had considered suggesting to Tina that they needed more time and that the caroling be postponed until there had been time to properly prepare. Maybe a year or two. The mother, though, looked at her daughter and saw the child’s disappointment. “Twelve days will go by so quickly.”
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That was great. You are amyzing.A Happy New Year for you and I hope to read more often new stories written by you.
authors comments from you just kill me everytime, they are a story to themseleves love them.but whe you actually give us theeee story truly amazing as always the comedy and the love is shown throughout,,,,please please keep coming back with more they are really!!! worth the wait…..x
Woo this took me forever to read but it was worth it thank you for this great holiday story
WOW!!..THANK YOU..THIS IS …melt my heart and lift my spirit up.
Welcome back!!! We don’t see you often enough and just as in the past you regail us with a wonderful story full of laughter and most of all love. Thank you and we will wait again for another of your wonderful stories. Happy New Year to you and yours!
That was lovely. Loved the rivalry with Ed, and the (temporary?) end to the one-upmanship. I’m really pleased you posted. Thank you! :)
That was great. Thanks for sharing
That was just wonderful thank you so much and Happy New Year to you and yours, Spumoni. May 2012 bring you all that 2011 didn’t.
That was just plain perfect! Well worth the wait! Thank you :0)
Thanks for sharing the story with us. A Spumoni story is always worth waiting for.
Just lovely, as anything from Spumoni invariably is. (I hope the wolves are doing well. I wish them Happy New Year too.)
Simply awesome! Thank you.
Thanks Spumoni for another amazing story and a Happy New Year for you too.
Thanks so much Spumoni! :-) its worth the wait !! I still can’t believe it’s one time story only! I know it has so many pages (32!) but i simply enjoyed reading them! ;-) thanks again and wishing you and your loved one the best also for this 2012 :-)
Great story Spumoni! It’s taken me several days to finish this with work and life. Happy New Year!
i’m a little late to comment but what a delightful story…so worth the wait for you to reappear once in a while and share your amazing talents with us…thank you…happy new year!!!
That was just as amazing and beautiful like your other stories. I have so missed your talented writing on this site. Can this be a possible return to the forum. I have so missed the “the wolve” story- “Backstory”. I was hoping that this was a version of that, but I am just as happy with the one I got.