Gaylord's Christmas Wish

Dear Diary,

After Emerson's 15 minutes of fame on Sunday, Gaylord is demanding his chance to wish everyone a merry Christmas!  He's also demanding that I hurry this along and go out and shovel off the feeding table and fill his bowl!  We got an unexpected 4 inches of snow last night but, alas, they say it will change to rain as the temperature rises.  Sigh...at least for now it is a winter wonderland!

Happy, happy Christmas, that can win us back to the delusions of our childish days; that can recall to the old man the pleasures of his youth; that can transport the sailor and the traveler, thousands of miles away, back to his own fire-side and his quiet home!


~Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers