Yes, you will note that it is January 14th and I am declaring Christmas over!!
This is because today I finally put away all of the decorations, but not without some adventure.
You see, after Christmas this year I bought some new things for next year, among them an inflatible Santa that is 8 feet tall. So before I packed him away for a year I inflated him to make sure he worked, and then when I deflated him I left him on the back patio for several days.
Well, last night, unknown to me, an animal of unknown species (probably a stray cat) decided to mark its ownership of my Santa by, well, scenting it. As I said, I did not know what this wet stuff was until too late, so for the rest of the day I smelled like animal musk. Worse, my Santa does as well. Gross!! Anyway, I finally packed it away and then went in and showered and changed. Luckily, the outdoor Christmas stuff goes in a big tractor barn that smells like oil, diesel fuel and farm chemicals anyway, so hopefully Santa will smell better by next year!!
