Yes, Christmas is my very favorite time of the year. I really mean that too. I love the music, colors and the smell of the Christmas trees. I love seeing the children with stars in their eyes and praying that Santa will get their letters and bring them just what they asked for. And I LOVE Christmas shopping. But let's get real it must not be a favorite time of year for some people.
For example:
I was going into a parking lot of a large department store all ready to rub shoulders with the rest of the people that "love" Christmas. Just as I was pulling into one of the isles for parking there was a lady in a big SUV and she was backing up. I stopped and waited for her trying to be polite. I smiled and gave her a little wave. She pulled into the space, got out of the car and came over to me and ........shouted in my face. "How dare you try to take my place. Do you know how long I waited for that spot. " I tried to tell her I didn't want the spot and was just being nice when I smiled and waved and I said, "Merry Christmas, I hope you find everything you want." She, in competition with good ‘ol Saint Nick red faced and all, yelled, "xxxx you." Everyone turned around and looked and I just shrugged my shoulders. What was I too say?
So I found my "own" parking place with no one in sight, got out and went to the front doors of the mall. There was a lady coming out with her arms so loaded you couldn't see her head and she had two young children holding on to her pants. I opened the door for her and said, "Merry Christmas." She replied, "go to xxxx, I could have opened it myself."
Once in the store I hurried to the dress department to find a mirror to check myself out and see if I had grown horns or a green face or something. Nope, all was in order and I smiled to see if I had lost my front teeth, nope all of them were in tact. Behind me I heard a "urhummmph." A lady was standing there with a scowl on her face, "If you through looking at yourself I would like to use the mirror." "Oh I'm so sorry. It's all yours. Merry Christmas." "Yeah right." She replies.
OK by now I'm thinking that maybe today the stars weren't aligned right. Maybe tomorrow would be a better day to shop. But being in the store I thought I would get my friend her favorite perfume. So I went up to the perfume counter and asked the very suave sales lady if she had XYZ perfume. She looked at me like I had two heads and let me know that they hadn't carried that perfume for about three months now. Then she abruptly turned around and went to the other side of the counter. Now you would think that by now I would have know better but there is just this bubble in me that keeps coming up and out came, "Merry Christmas."
Oh well there is always hope for next year.
MERRY CHRISTMAS to you all and I do mean that in a good way, I hope that Santa brought you all everything you wanted . I know we will all have a very prosperous New Year!
Roberta Lee
Century 21 Olde Tyme
Norco, CA
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