Well, Merry Unofficial Christmas to you @dswigle!

Reading your post reminds me of my childhood and the glee my dad would feel as he stood in the middle of our vegetable garden, weeding in the summer heat while singing "Jingle Bells" to the world around him... and much to my mother's consternation, as she was a pretty "proper" sort of person.

It's funny that we are inadvertently and coincidentally cooking turkey for dinner, tonight... there was a sale on it at Safeway, earlier this week...