Chuckle 2 This year it's The Boy's father's turn to
"Hum", he said, "when is that exactly?". "Christmas
I find it funny to
have The Boy for Christmas. The choir master at church asked if The Boy
would be available of the Nativity so I said I would check with his
father. I asked as we were walking down to catch a bus and the tube
respectively.
Eve, in the evening, as part of the midnight mass" I replied. "Oh", he
said "what a stupid time to have it, why do they do it on Christmas
Eve?". "Well" I answered - trying hard to hold back on the sarcasm and
probably failing in a big way, "because it's a nativity, it's kind of
an important mass in the church calendar". "I think it's a stupid time
to have it" he said again " people are busy on Christmas Eve and
transport is a bit of a problem". "You don't think you are missing the
whole point of what Christmas celebrations are about then?" I added.
His reply was just a quizzical look as we reached the bus stop and I
kissed The Boy good bye for the week-end.
think that out of the 2 of us, he is the one who was christened, the
one who took RE as a GCSE, the one who recently married She Who Married
The Boy's Father in church and the one who writes CofE on the ethnic
questionnaires. The irony of my trying to remind him that there is a
reason why the Nativity is taking place on that particular day is
priceless.
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(7.11.05 19:10) Hehe, I bet you enjoyed explaining that too... x |
