(willow having a good ol’ laugh)

• I am thankful for laughter, except when milk comes out of my nose.  ~Woody Allen
• At the height of laughter, the universe is flung into a kaleidoscope of new possibilities.  ~Jean Houston
• Even if there is nothing to laugh about, laugh on credit.  ~Author Unknown
• Mirth is God’s medicine.  Everybody ought to bathe in it.  ~Henry Ward Beecher
• Dad always thought laughter was the best medicine, which I guess is why several of us died of tuberculosis.  ~Jack Handey, “Deep Thoughts,” Saturday Night Live
• The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.  ~e.e. cummings
• Laughter is an instant vacation.  ~Milton Berle
• What monstrous absurdities and paradoxes have resisted whole batteries of serious arguments, and then crumbled swiftly into dust before the ringing death-knell of a laugh!  ~Agnes Repplier
• So many tangles in life are ultimately hopeless that we have no appropriate sword other than laughter.  ~Gordon W. Allport
• Laughter is the shortest distance between two people.  ~Victor Borge
• What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul.  ~Yiddish Proverb
• When people are laughing, they’re generally not killing each other.  ~Alan Alda
• Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion.  I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward.  ~Kurt Vonnegut
• A good laugh and a long sleep are the best cures in the doctor’s book.  ~Irish Proverb
• Laughter gives us distance.  It allows us to step back from an event, deal with it and then move on.  ~Bob Newhart
• A hearty laugh gives one a dry cleaning, while a good cry is a wet wash.  ~Puzant Kevork Thomajan  

without a photo of a child in a Santa hat! We had just finished decorating the Christmas tree and our attention seeking daughter, Willow, pulled on the hat and wanted her picture taken. From the look you’d think she was all Sugar and Spice but looks can be deceiving Although wanting her photo taken, she just couldn’t sit still long enough to take a decent picture. This was the best I could manage.

Merry Christmas!