Christmas this year was different for our family. Two weeks before the big holiday, we spent a week visiting family out of state. It threw a lot of our patterns off. That was something I didn't think would happen. When it came time to assemble the plate of treats, Let's just say, our presentation wasn't as plentiful as it has been in years past.
Still, I was okay with it. We were trying to spread a little (emphasis on "little"...) Christmas cheer for some neighbors.
Perhaps it was because of the night we chose or that we were a little late in the process, but we found more people not home than were. At one of the last stops, I went to the front door, rang the doorbell, no one came, so I put our plate on the bench beside the door. That's when I saw another plate of yummy treats. Only this one was larger and had more goodies and ours did. It made ours look sort of skimpy by comparison.
That's when a thought came to my mind. I actually grinned because I thought it was funny. What if I took our Christmas card from under our plate and swapped it with the card already under the bigger plate? You can see why I smiled.
Great idea.
Of course, I didn't do it. I have no idea who left the other plate. Maybe it was listed on the card, "Merry Christmas from The Holbrooks" or something like that. Most likely I wouldn't find out who would end up getting credit for the small plate had I made the switch.
I snapped a quick picture then used that picture as my Pic Of The Day with a snarky little comment.
As I'm writing this post, a thought has come to me. If I'm not mistaken, our neighbor has one of those video doorbells. If that's true, then I'll bet I was videotaped putting down the plate, and if that's the case, it would have caught me making the switch. Then my little "joke" would have backfired big time.
Good thing I didn't really consider doing it. Boy, I'd have egg (or Christmas treats...) on my face for sure.
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