Our "12 Days of Christmas"

On the occasion of the first Christmas of this blog, I have comprised a version of one of the all-time standards, and it's a simple one: "The 12 Days of Christmas."

All one has to do is to list a few favorite things and make them fit the song. In fact, I'll jump right to the end:

On the 12th day of Christmas, Althea gave to me:

• 12 vintage race cars
  
• 11 (musical) notes from Blondie
  
• 10 lovely porches
• 9 trees of plump fruit
  
• 8-second bull rides (Billy Bob)
  
• 7 bluegrass masters (Spears Family Band)
  
• 6 pounds of "pigmeat" (barbeque)
• 5 peanut butter pies
  
• 4 singing sirens (Barenaked Ladies)
  
• 3 barn dances
  
• 2 beautiful babes (Boogerberger twins)
  
• And a superhero hillbilly!

Merry Christmas and happy holidays, everyone!

Near-namesake war hero in flag flap

I rarely, if ever, give out news from real life, but I had to include this story once I saw it online. The subject's name is one letter off from my main character and I understand that the surnames have similar meaning.

Second Lieutenant Van T. Barfoot (U.S. Army retired), a World War II veteran and winner of the Congressional Medal of Honor, has been ordered by a homeowners' association in Virginia to stop flying the American flag over his house. This is an outrageous development and I encourage Barfoot to fight this every step of the way!

The article for which I became aware of the story is here. This also includes a link to the Congressional Medal of Honor Society, which also posted 2nd Lt. Barfoot's story and thousands of others.