Preacher's Piece

Christmas is weird. What other time of the year do you sit in front of a dead tree and eat candy out of your sock

A few weeks ago on a nice, warm fall day, my wife strung Christmas lights up outside on the trees and bushes near the house and shop, then ran extension cords to the nearest outlets. One thing about outside Christmas lights is when it’s time to go to bed at night, they need to be turned off. The catch is, I hate going outside to unplug them. It’s worse if I have to bundle up and go outside any distance. It’s cold out there.

So I fixed that little problem w...