How do you roast chestnuts on an open fire? How many states ban open fires.
I once saw a chest made from chestnut wood, They kept assorted nuts in it.
Where did those threes ships come from, You know the one that the guy saw come sailing in on Christmas day in the morning. We also so have a present future tense thing going I don’t understand?
My sister told me Santa won’t come around her area because all the hunters keep shooting at the reindeer.
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Merry Christmas
My father told me about this. In the fall, when chestnuts were dropping, the young folk would make an occasion of it, going up on the mountain to gather the chestnuts.
When a whole mountain full of trees offers you bounty, there is plenty to go around.
It would be cool there, and a fire was as welcome as the company of the opposite sex.
After a while, the chestnuts would be ready for eating, and they ate them.
Now this part is reminiscent of the scene in "Blazing Saddles", because the warm chestnuts had an interesting effect on people's digestion. Periodically, one or another would excuse him or herself to go to the edge of the firelight for a moment, and then return.
Soon all reason for pretense was abandoned, for the young men and for the young women. I guess it was a bonding experience, like sharing a two-holer.
With the musical instruments, and the group singing, the food and companionship, it was a very memorable experience, lost now for all who had those memories.
But we can still sing about it.