‘Well, are you ready to buy your new school clothes,’ Neva J. asked Billy B. with a laugh? It is July 5th and not long until school begins…you know that after the 4th we will soon be putting on our Halloween Costumes,’ she continued. ‘I heard that we must not wish our lives away,’ Chet said with a wry smile. ‘I have observed that whether you wish or not…it goes quickly,’ Neve J. answered. ‘One year I thought about Christmas every day and discovered that a year is really not a long period of time,’ Jane offered. ‘At our house, we put a large bag over the Christmas Tree and place it in the corner of the storage room so as to not have to put it together…seemingly…every few days,’ Chet laughed.

‘Hold Billy B. up so he can put the Angel on the top of the tree,’ Neva J. said. ‘Neva J., he is growing so fast and always has a grin,’ Ivy said. ‘He loves Christmas…we got him this Laughing Santa he takes it everywhere with him… every time you crank his back he laughs the most unique laugh,’ Neva J. said with a laugh of her own. ‘He sounds like a 57′ Chevy on a cold morning,’ Bill B. said with a wink. ‘Steve and Susie are coming over to put on their puppet show for Billy B…this year they have a Santa Claus Marionette and Mrs. Claus and Rudolph as well,’ Ivy said as she lit another Camel Cigarette.

‘Billy B. said he can not wait until he is old and has accomplished all of his work…so that he can enjoy the fruits of his labors and reflect on the past,’ Neva J. said with her eyebrows raised…

‘Here is Laughing Santa, Dad,’ Jonathon said with a grin. ‘I brought the Marionettes with me and I was careful to handle the Santa Claus and Rudolph Vintage puppets with care,’ Aaron said. ‘Crank him up and let us hear his Christmas Laugh,’ Billy B. said as he thought about recently becoming 66…just like the famous Route…