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By WALTER DAY 'Twas the day after Christmas And there on our floor Were papers and ribbons From the can to the door. The children are fighting Over what somebody got And we are just about ready To beat each with the mop.
And now your correspondent will tell you how to deal with Christmas when you are old and gray. When you have reached my age, 69 summers, and you are male (women either have more heart or a stronger guilt complex) you should have had enough. Your children’s children range in age from 1 to 17. You have met with triumph and disaster (and you never treated those two imposters just the same). You have been wet on, bitten, slobbered on, cried on, picked on, reviled, loved, and even laughed at and with. You have gone into debt and worked through the night. When it’s added up the day after Christmas, what have you got, besides exhaustion, frustration and the flu?
Several years ago I tried to get all the givers and receivers to make all the presents themselves. The receivers vetoed the idea.
So this year I sat down and planned a different Christmas
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