A Lumberjack Thanksgiving, part one

 

On Thanksgiving, the Lumberjack and I, along with our Lumberjacklings headed over to my in-laws.

My mother-in-law cooked us a delicious meal and then we retired to the living room to pour over the Black Friday ads.

Sweet Pea got bored with the ads.

She went downstairs and found some old dress-up clothes.

She pretended she was Santa Clause.

She handed out presents to everyone . . .

Ho Ho Ho

Merry Christmas to all . . . and to all a . . .

Goodnight.

Next, we loaded up all the kids and headed over to my parent's house for dinner.

Meet Willard.

Willard was the caretaker for my grandparent's estate about 30 years ago.

Willard has been joining us for the holidays for some time now.

Willard was born on April 14th.

My dad was born on April 14th.

What tragic event also occurred on April 14th many years ago?

Not that the birth of my dad or Willard should be considered tragic . . .

Yum.

Have you ever seen anything like this?

This is how The Lumberjack loads his plate.

He just layers it all into one big glob.

What a goober.

From left to right: Willard, my dad, Handsome Dude, and my Uncle Greg.

My Uncle Greg's birthday is June 25th.

The year will remain a mystery, as to not appall you.

I kid!  I joke!

Uncle Greg is a youngin'.

Two celebrities died on his birthday this year.

Can you name them?

Aunt Meagan and The Dudes dancing to "Happiest Christmas Tree."

Name that artist.

Back to the table for dessert!

Look!  It's another Greg!

This here is cousin Greg.

Of course, no holiday would be complete without a game of Trivial Pursuit.

There were more menfolk than womenfolk.

So, poor Uncle Greg had to join the ladies team.

It was an intense game.

The menfolk were schoolin' the womenfolk+Greg.

But the menfolk had a secret weapon:

Willard.

Now, poor Willard was pretty tired.

He kept falling asleep.

But when the menfolk needed to know the answer to a tricky question, they would just nudge him and out came the answer.

Genius!

Willard knew the answer to this one:

How many years did Rip Van Winkle Sleep?

Do you?

Willard also knows the recipe for LSD.

And he hands it out on recipe cards.

Inappropriate?

Yes.

Tomorrow's post will contain the rest of our exciting holiday festivities, plus you will find out why I gave this guy:

my brother-in-law, Alex, a time out.

Sure.

He looks innocent enough.

But trust me.

He can get pretty rowdy.

Today's post contained 4 questions:

1)  What tragic even occurred on April 14th many years ago?

2)  What two celebrities died on June 25th?

3)  Who sang "Happiest Christmas Tree?"

4)  How many years did Rip Van Winkle sleep?

Can you do it?