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Brad Kyle's avatar

Nice rememberies, Mark! Thanks! I was thinking about doing a holiday traditions piece, myself, but aside from warm and wonderful childhood memories, I couldn't really fill out an entire article! Happy to share with you, though, one particularly memorable event: Dad would take a can of spray "snow" flocking, and on our large picture window (where our tree was placed), would spray a four-letter word for visitors who'd easily see it upon walking up to our porch.

My bro and I must've been 5 or so when we first asked, "Daddy, who is "LEON," and why did you write his name on our window? Of course, he had spelled out "NOEL" so as to be read from the outside. I don't know about my brother, but I was fascinated by the combination of physics, perspective, and language arts those 4 letters suddenly presented! A writer is born (if not borin')!! Good show, Mark! Happy Holidays, and all the best for a fab '23.....skidoo!--Brad

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Stay warm, stay safe! Happy holidays!

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