When Monday Dec 23rd 7:30PM ET

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CHRISTMAS DINNER (c) 2024 Vance Gilbert

https://youtu.be/Iaecy-2BosI

That’s never been the most
Comfortable couch, I know
The LED from the VCR
Gives your face the sweetest glow

Kind kid you are
Giving up your childhood bedroom to Aunt Darlene,
Snoring in her facelift and her brunette wig
And her opinions

Leaky old dishwasher still screams Ave Maria
At that high pitch
When it’s loaded too full
Like it was calling “Timeout -
Everybody have a second piece of pie”

Darlene went on and on
You just stood up
And left the kitchen

I may never understand
But I’m listening
You took the Christmas dress that I bought you
And made me a shirt
Everything can change
Except for me being your daddy
And I’m listening

You’d come home from school
With all these ideas
But we knew it wasn’t peanuts or shellfish
That made you want to shed your very skin
All these years

Just a phase we figured
So we just rolled our eyes
And shook our heads at the short hair

I covered you Christmas dinner
With a piece of wax paper
It’s on the second shelf of the fridge
And I’m pulling this blanket up

Under your chin
With a kiss on your forehead
While the moon outside the living room window
Goes from white to gold