Imagine being this guy:
Well, it is another year and I am spending Christmas all alone again.  I got this stupid pink Snuggie from my son.  That son of a bitch just doesn't have any sense.  They put me in this "Assisted Living" facility and think once I am here they can just call once in a while and I will be happy.  I don't have alzheimers, for God's sakes.  I remember that they forget about me.  
If my saint of a wife hadn't gone and died on me, I think this would be more tolerable.  It is being alone that is killer.  Sure, the daily card games make the time pass, and the library shuttle gets me a consistent supply of reading material but I want more.  Why do the holiday's make things worse?  What does the birth of a kid 2000 years ago have to do with making me long to see my grandkids?  I think the cafeteria is serving some sort of holiday meal.  I just hope they have gingerbread men.  I like to bite the heads off and put them back on the plate.
Merry Christmas everyone.  Tell your old people you love them.
Newt

1 Ripples in the pond:
Awww. I may have to call my dad and ask after my Granny.
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