A Merry Christmas Yawning
b"I'm sitting here in my big, comfortable, manly, black leather poppa chair right next to the Christmas tree in our living room...and I keep wanting to jump up and down and open presents. As a Louie Louie Generation guy, jumping up and down isn't something I want to do all that often any more. And I know what's causing this. It's about what's left of the little kid inside me who doesn't care that the rest of me is getting a little wrinkled. \\n\\tYou probably have some of that little kid inside you too. The little kid who spends all year waiting for Christmas. Christmas is the center of that little kid's life. Go look for that kid...I'll wait. By the way, if you've forgotten how to find your kid inside, because that little kid has been asleep for a while, here's some help. If your kid has been asleep for too long, the first thing he or she will probably do when he or she wakes up is stretch and yawn. So check right now to see if you're feeling like stretching...and yawning. \\n\\tThat yawn is a sure signal that the Christmas kid is waking up. Feel like yawning? Yeah? See what I mean? The KID is there. In fact, no matter what kind of a grown up sour puss you might have been wearing, that kid is going to tug at one side of your mouth to make you start to smile. Which side...which side of your mouth is going to start to smile. Huh? It's going to happen. The Kid is still there, cause it's Christmas. And Christmas is about a kid's birthday. That's why there should always be some kind of toy under your tree. Toys are for kids. Next time you feel that yawn coming on...remember that."