Christmas Cheer

T'was the night before Christmas and through the beer store folks were procuring Christmas cheer by the score. They came from near and far to get bottles of rum to make yummy eggnog and to its pleasures succumb. Our Ukrainian friends, Vlodymir and Prianka, decided to load up with bottles of vodka, and together with their generous friend Ebenezer celebrated the season by consuming Bloody Caesars. My Newfoundland friends made it abundantly clear that they planned to consume mass quantities of beer. These would include several stouts, ales and lagers all from local breweries – not exactly a shocker! Some friends braved the weather that was wet, cold and brisky, in order to purchase forty-ouncers of whiskey; and they all thought it was very good and responsible to consider drinking and driving completely unacceptable. When the liquor store closed at a quarter to nine, the latecomers decided to purchase moonshine; and, admittedly, they all got a vicarious pleasure from surreptitiously buying from a local bootlegger. On that Christmas Eve, several ladies did dine to a holiday feast that included bottles of wine. They sipped several glasses of sparkling, red and white toasting Happy Holidays to all and to all a good night!