{"id":573880957,"date":"2010-12-25T23:33:26","date_gmt":"2010-12-26T05:33:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/?p=573880957"},"modified":"2010-12-26T01:38:56","modified_gmt":"2010-12-26T07:38:56","slug":"the-musical-dream-realized-a-white-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/blog\/2010\/12\/25\/the-musical-dream-realized-a-white-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Musical dream, realized – White Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Snow\"<\/center><\/p>\n

Just like the ones I used to know. <\/p>\n

This is my third White Christmas in the South. Probably I’ve had one or two in the north, but most of that would be leftover snow, if I had to guess. They are infrequent enough here to be worth remembering, though.<\/p>\n

For the record: Christmas as a 1-year-old, a 13-year-old and, now, at 34.<\/p>\n

\"Snow\"<\/center><\/p>\n

You want animals in snow? We’ve got animals in snow.<\/p>\n

This was the perfect White Christmas. Pretty in the yard, dry on the road. The snow itself was a very white rain, really. As wet as possible, it melts if you look at it hard. For all of those readers not from the southeast, that’s normal here.<\/p>\n

\"Snow\"<\/center><\/p>\n

I go to Waffle House for a late bite on Christmas night. Mostly just to satisfy my curiosity about who goes to Waffle House on Christmas night. Besides me, I mean.<\/p>\n

After several years of field study I can confidently observe this isn’t the regular Waffle House crowd. So where is the regular Waffle House crowd?<\/p>\n

This particular store was packed after everyone got tired of crinkly paper, leftovers and family. People were waiting for seats when I arrived. That’s a condition usually reserved for after that other holy event in the South — high school football.<\/p>\n

Fine Christmas all around, just dandy. Hope yours was even better!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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