Point To Ponder

So, what was your favorite Christmas?

I think the answers change as we get older. I mean, back when I was a kid there were two that stood out.

The first one most of you who follow this column know about - that was when I got the G.I. Joe Jeep and mounted bazooka that shot big plastic bullets and I pegged my sister right between the eyes.

Sure, I got paddled for it, but ... I still get a warm feeling inside every time I think about it.

Another great one was spent with family out in Washington D.C. - that was the year I turned 13, and in our family, the tradition was that the boys got a ....