IS IT GOING TO BE ANOTHER GRISWALD KIND OF CHRISTMAS? (1 OF 4)
by Rick White
Scripture: LUKE 2:1-7
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Is It Going to Be Another Griswald Kind of Christmas? (1 of 4)
A BlockBuster Christmas
Rick White
Luke 2:1-7
Introduction: To borrow from Charles Dickens' famous opening line, Christmas can be "the best of times and the worst of times." I hope for you and your family it will be the best and not the worst.
I always enjoy the cards associated with the Christmas season, especially those with some type of very pointed humor. Maybe it's because they always have just enough truth to really rattle our cage and make us think. One of my favorites is from several years ago:
(All I Want For Christmas Is A New Mother-In-Law)
Dear Darling Son and That Person You Married,
Merry Christmas to you, and please don't worry. I'm just fine considering I can't breathe or eat. The important thing is that you have a nice holiday, thousands of miles away from your ailing mother. I've sent along my last ten dollars in this card, which I hope you'll spend on my grandchildren. God knows their mother never buys them anything nice. They look so thin in their pictures, poor babies.
Thank you so much for the Christmas flowers, dear boy. I put them in the freezer so they'll stay fresh for my grave. Which reminds me-- we buried Grandma last week. I know she died years ago, but I got to yearning for a good funeral so Aunt Viola and I dug her up and had the services all over again. I would have invited you, but I know that woman you live with would have never let you come. I bet she's never even watched that videotape of my hemorrhoid surgery, has she?
Well son, it's time for me to crawl off to bed now. I lost my cane beating off muggers last week, but don't you worry about me. I'm also getting used to the cold since they turned my heat off and am grateful because the frost on my bed numbs the constant pain. Now don't you even think about sending any more money, because I know you need it for those expensive family vacations you take every year. Give my love to my darling gr ...
A BlockBuster Christmas
Rick White
Luke 2:1-7
Introduction: To borrow from Charles Dickens' famous opening line, Christmas can be "the best of times and the worst of times." I hope for you and your family it will be the best and not the worst.
I always enjoy the cards associated with the Christmas season, especially those with some type of very pointed humor. Maybe it's because they always have just enough truth to really rattle our cage and make us think. One of my favorites is from several years ago:
(All I Want For Christmas Is A New Mother-In-Law)
Dear Darling Son and That Person You Married,
Merry Christmas to you, and please don't worry. I'm just fine considering I can't breathe or eat. The important thing is that you have a nice holiday, thousands of miles away from your ailing mother. I've sent along my last ten dollars in this card, which I hope you'll spend on my grandchildren. God knows their mother never buys them anything nice. They look so thin in their pictures, poor babies.
Thank you so much for the Christmas flowers, dear boy. I put them in the freezer so they'll stay fresh for my grave. Which reminds me-- we buried Grandma last week. I know she died years ago, but I got to yearning for a good funeral so Aunt Viola and I dug her up and had the services all over again. I would have invited you, but I know that woman you live with would have never let you come. I bet she's never even watched that videotape of my hemorrhoid surgery, has she?
Well son, it's time for me to crawl off to bed now. I lost my cane beating off muggers last week, but don't you worry about me. I'm also getting used to the cold since they turned my heat off and am grateful because the frost on my bed numbs the constant pain. Now don't you even think about sending any more money, because I know you need it for those expensive family vacations you take every year. Give my love to my darling gr ...
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