my friends becky and david are an inspiration in the world of holiday decorations. i am always impressed by the effort they put into creating festive environments. truly, their house is something to behold, especially for halloween and christmas. being around them for 10+ years, i have caught the christmas bug. i covet their ornaments. vintage and antique. funky and elegant. handmade by children and adults. every year, i go over to their house to glory in the not one, but two 12-16 foot live trees.
there are special ornaments that i always look for. this year, i bounded to the tree in the back room to find my favorites and found that one was missing. i panicked a little bit, then asked becky, “where’s peanut?” she sadly told me that peanut had lost her skirt so she was now in The Case, which is sort of like the island of misfit toys, but for broken holiday decorations. i rushed to greet peanut then proceeded to chase emmit around the house to make sure he didn’t break anything or ruin the sparkly ice skating scene or the creche that includes vintage wax (?)figures of the beatles.
later, i lamented to josh that peanut had lost her skirt and would never be in the tree again. i was sad. josh prefers me happy so he hatched a plan to create a new peanut. once he got started…
meet peanut junior, happy peanut and evil peanut in a bath towel:
peanut junior
happy peanut
evil peanut in a bath towel says, "grrr."
