Drabble by Kevin Fagan for December 17, 2018

Is certainly different there. Here they ring the bell and run, that is if they ring the bell at all.

What does the delivery guy look like?

She knows that it absolutely HAS to get there on time…

Poor clueless Ralph – your wife is tarting it up for the “man in brown” (or red and blue, if FedEx is due)…

That is like someone putting on makeup to go on a radio show.

Should Ralph be worried…?

USPS has already lost one of my packages. Tracking says the address is screwed up. Problem is house faces one street but the mailbox and driveway are around the corner. Usually they have no problem but new folks can’t figure it out.

“wait for the delivery guy to come to your door” unless it’s one of those who decides to throw your package in your front lawn and then drive away….

Don’t need a doorbell, my dogs will start barking as soon as the delivery van stops out front.

When I was little, Grandma and I would go to downtown L.A. where the store windows were filled with beautiful decorations! Very nice memories.

Yes, Ralph and I LUV it! Don’t know how it is elsewhere, but gotta tell ya, down here in The Villages, FL, ya take your life in your hands in any parking lot. The d*mn golf cart drivers. . .talk about thinking you’re the deserving retired. . .

She’s waiting for the delivery man to give her a big package…

And people watch "Christmas Story " to get nostalgic.

Is her necklace a string of lights ?

I thought she saw Ralph’s comment as a hint that they should go Christmas shopping – now.

Both Amazon UPS and the USPS here in Tampa will text you a photo of the package sitting by your door at the time of delivery.

the crowds, the music, the stores, miss them so much.

Not the same anymore…I will take the old days….

I buy my vitamins through the internet and are either delivered by Mail or UPS,but there have been times when we see nothing on our porch and the door bell is only an arms length away. Our mail box, in town , but actually on a country route, is on the opposite side of the street so they have to pull up in our drive to leave the package. Ups never rings the bell. At times the package can set out all night unbeknown to us and can freeze if cold.

Ralph’s statement assumes it was ever fun. I always hated the crowds. And when I got old enough to drive, I hated the (lack of) parking even more.

Because she is a cheating witch, Ralph. Any woman who is that abusive to her husband, but gets all made up for the delivery guy, plus she’s lost weight, is cheating.