Market Street in Corning was filled with the Holiday spirit as hundreds piled along the sidewalks to celebrate the start of the Holiday season.  The boys enjoyed spending time with their cousins while braving the cold weather and watered down hot chocolate to see Santa riding in his “sleigh” pulled by The City of Corning Hook and Ladder Truck.

We each had our favorites.  Coop’s favorite was, I suspect, the candy cane which was tossed from the heavens and landing gently in the gutter by the side of the road.  Coop, fumbling with his mitten, grabbed the piece of candy gold and quickly huddled it to his chest as we walked toward the car at the end of the night.  Ry’s was definitely the chocolate that the girl scouts handed out.  Mine was, I’m ashamed to admit, the 70% off sale at the Vanheusen Outlet.  When asked, Jenn quickly quipped, “My favorite thing was spending time with my family.”  Without missing a beat,

Papa P laughingly joked, “That was the biggest bunch of hooey I’ve ever heard.”

And there you have it, kicking off the Holiday season in style!

By the way, Urban Dictionary.com defines “Hooey” as being synonymous with bullsh@#t or the street term for a crystal meth pipe. While spending time with our family is never the former, it’s quite possible you need the later to survive it.
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