MIKE BUTTS CREATIVE

CHRISTMAS LIGHTS AT HOME:

THIS SEEMED TO BE THE BIG WEEKEND FOR FOLKS IN MY NEIGHBOR HOOD PUTTING UP THEIR OUTSIDE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS.

IF YOU REALLY GO ALL OUT IN YOUR CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS AND YOU DON’T LIVE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, I SAY, “ CONGRATULATIONS”.

IF YOU DO LIVE BY ME I’D LIKE TO SAY, REMEMBER NO BODY LIKES A SHOWOFF!!

TIPS FOR SURVIVING HOLIDAYS?

YOU SEE ARTICLES IN PAPERS AND MAGAZINES . . . LOTS OF STORIES TRYING TO HELP YOU AND I ‘Survive” THE HOLIDAYS. ISN’T THAT SILLY WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT?

SURVIVE? YOU AND I HAVE A WARM-DRY PLACE TO LIVE, WE’VE GOT OUR STUFF, LOVED ONES . . . YET THOUSANDS ARE HOMELESS, OR OUT OF WORK, OR AT WAR DEFENDING THE REST OF US. BE THANKFUL!

ANOTHER HEADLINE SAID: HOW TO COPE WITH CRAZY RELATIVES? WE ALL HAVE THEM I KNOW. BUT THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HAVE NO FAMILY . . . AND ARE GETTING SHOT AT. I SAY EMBRACE AUNT BETTY AND HER WEIRD CHRISTMAS SWEATER WITH THE BELLS ON IT.

AND WHININ' ABOUT CROWDED AIRPORTS . . . MILLIONS OF PEOPLE DON’T HAVE ENOUGH TO BUY A BUS TICKET LET ALONE BUY A ROUND TRIP TICKET TO CHICAGO, OR ORLANDO, OR ANYPLACE ELSE.

GOOD LORD FOLKS . . . IF YOU CAN HEAR ME NOW . . . WE’RE VERY FORTUNATE.

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