‘Did you know it is one month since Christmas,’ Chet asked?

‘Yes and if I shut my eyes I am still there,’ Jane responded. ’Time is a mystery to me…at first I thought that a year took forever to go round and now I wonder if a year is about as long as a week,’ she continued. 

‘When I woke up this morning I could have sworn that I saw the Christmas Tree,’ Billy B uttered in some disbelief. ’I remember taking it down just before New Year’s Eve…and yet there it was…

‘What are you guys waiting for…we will be late for the Christmas Party at the School,’ Neva J said with a wide grin. 

Before them was the Giant Santa on the Square and the elaborate Christmas decorations strung from one side of the street of Eldorado to the other side. Holiday shoppers lined the street and there were the melodies of Carolers along the brilliantly lit path. They were on their way to Grandma A’s house for a Christmas gift exchange. 

‘Oh my goodness a Daniel Boone Action Figure…it was just what I wanted Grandma A,’ exulted Billy B! ’For you I have a new Bible and a case to keep it safe,’ Billy B noted.

‘Who is the man talking to Aunt Beulah,’ asked Neva J? ’He looks just like my brother Dutch who went missing in World War II,’ Neva J said with a tear in her eye.

‘It is Dutch…he came home this morning as it is Christmas Day,’ said Grandma A with a wink,’ ’You know I have always said that he would come home one day,’ she continued. 

‘Dutch has not aged a day since his WWII photo of 1943,’ Neva J marveled. ’In fact, he looks the same as he did in 1933 when he twirled me around as we played Merry Go Round,’ she said with some visible passion. 

‘I hope you saved me a turkey leg…you know it is my favorite part of the Bird,’ Junior said. ’Come and let’s celebrate Christmas in the Country as we have before,’ he continued. 

‘It is Dad…but how could that be…he left sometime back,’ Billy B asked? 

‘Time is a mystery,’ said Brock as he passed around the black-eyed peas…