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December 25, 2002:

NO COUNT THEM NO DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS!

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Well, dear readers, it is as fine and beautiful a Christmas morning as I’ve ever seen here in Los Angeles, California. So, let’s get right down to brass tacks – not aluminum tacks, mind you, or plastic tacks, no, we are getting down to brass tacks because today there are no count them no days until Christmas – yes, you heard it here, dear readers, it’s today – oh, a Jerry Herman reference. Today is Christmas and we are going to be here all the livelong day and night spreading Christmas Cheer or, at the very least, Christmas Tide. As soon as I finish these here Christmas notes, Luckie and I will be opening our Christmas gifts.

Last night we had a festively festive party and everyone partook of my foodstuffs and we all had quite a lovely time. Cissy Wechter and her sister and brother-in-law were here, as were Dear Readers Laura and Sandra. Then, my friend Barbara Deutsch and her son Sam came by and joined in the fun. Then our very own legendary Vinnie came by, and we had even more fun. He gave me the highest compliment when he, an Italian, pronounced my spaghetti sauce excellent. Then our very own Mr. Donald Feltham came by and he told us all about the reading of the show he’s working on, which went very well. Then our very own errant and truant Mr. Mark Bakalor came by and we all ate and laughed and laughed and ate. After everyone was gone, I found a note on my car from Juliana A. Hansen, who was sorry she couldn’t make it to the party (I gather she got to the house after no creatures were stirring not even a mouse). All in all, what a swell party it was. We had my world-famous spaghetti, my world-famous cold tuna and noodle salad, my world-famous Pioneer Sourdough Rolls, my world-famous Danish Creamery Butter for said sourdough rolls, and my world-famous Entenmann’s Donuts. Additionally, my friend Barbara Deutsch brought her world famous chocolate cream cheese mini-muffins, and Cissy’s sister Janet brought her world-famous Anise Biscotti. This is the first time in three months that I have totally, and I mean totally, went off the Eileen and Chet Atkins diet and I did so with vim and vigor and verve. Practically everything was pasta based, sugar based, dough based and I reveled in it, do you hear me, I reveled in it and I don’t care who knows about it. Today I shall be attending two count them two parties, one at my friend Nick’s house and one, a bit later, at Cissy Wechter’s house and I will eat what I damn well please once again. Then tomorrow I shall assess the damage and decide how to proceed.

Well, why don’t we all click on the Unseemly Button below because I must finish these here notes in short order so that Luckie, who is not known for her patience, can open her presents in my presence.

Have I mentioned that it’s Christmas? Have I mentioned that we took many photos last night and that Mr. Mark Bakalor has promised to finally do our photo archive (it will be in the same section as the Guy Haines Photo Archive) – so we will finally have our very own photo gallery which will, at long last, include the New York get-together photo. We are also toying with several other interesting new things for the site, which Mark and I will be discussing next week. They include, the possibility of doing a live radio broadcast every now and then, complete with dear reader call-ins, live and prerecorded video footage, and, of course, our own proper chat room. So, the new year holds many new things for all Hainsies/Kimlets.

Well, dear readers, I must take the day, I must do the things I do, Luckie can no longer wait to open her presents in my presence. I must write many pages, I must attend parties and I must eat various and sundried foodstuffs. I wish each and every one of you the merriest Christmas ever – it doesn’t matter where you are, whether you’re with family or alone, you have friends and family right here at haineshisway.com. So, check back in often today, and let’s have lots of Christmas posts. Today’s topic of discussion: Normally this is Ask BK Day, but we’ll push that until tomorrow – today, what is your Christmas wish? I’ll start – mine is, of course, for Peace on Earth and health, prosperity and success for all of us. And to those who do evil and behave reprehensibly – I sincerely hope they get what’s surely coming to them, because no one, and I mean no one, should make this world a terrible place to live in for others. No one should cause that kind of grief to others. And that, dear readers, is my Christmas wish. Your turn.

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