'Twas the Night Before...
A classic poem's opening lines inspired by fictional folks
Hi Friends!
I am closing out 2025 and leaving you with this silliness—enjoy! I’ve got a bunch of photos included here that I took last week during Boston’s first, dreamy snow of the season. Believe me—tune will change in MARCH. You might get one of those “This is too damn big for email!” messages. Head to the ‘Stack app or website to open, please and thanks.
And thank you all for reading, sharing, chatting, and supporting. Humor is my sword and shield. As Stephen Colbert says, “You cannot laugh and be afraid at the same time.”
I look forward to sharing more nonsense with you in 2026.
Peace, hope, laughter -X, She
The night before Christmas, it was. All through the galaxy, creatures stirring–were not. A mouse?! No. Not. even.
-Yoda
Mama said the night afore Christmas, when everything was quiet like. Well nothing was stir-ring, not even a mouse. And that’s all I have to say about that.
-Forrest Gump
‘Twas the night before Christmas, Clarice. You remember, don’t you? All through the house not a creature was stirring, were they, Clarice? Except the lambs. Isn’t that right, Clarice?
-Hannibal Lecter
It is Christmas Eve. There is no one here. No one coming.
I am the Santa now.
-Somali Pirate, Captain Philips
‘Twas the night before Christmas, man, when, look, now all through the house and a lot of what-have-yous, like, you say not a creature was stirring, man, like not even a mouse. But that’s just, like, your opinion, man.
-The Dude
‘Twas the mother fucking night before Christmas, when all through the fucking house. Not a goddamn creature was stirring, not even a mother fucking mouse.
-Jules Winnfield
‘Twas the night before Christ-mas, ‘twas NOT the night before Christ-mas, that is the question. Whence through thine abode ne’er the stirring of en creatures, nay, not e’en a mouse. Aye Horatio, there’s the rub that doth make us pause.
-Hamlet
You got the nerve to sit there tellin me it’s Christmas fucking Eve and in the entire fucking house, no one is up to nothin? Heh? Not even this fucking “mouse?” So what? Now I gotta go concern myself with that bullshit? No. You’re gonna take care of it, our “friend” the “mouse.”
-Tony Soprano
‘Twas the night before Christmas, Scully, when all through the house not a creature was stirring. But that’s what they wanted you to think, what they wanted you to believe. In reality something was taking place that no one could explain, no scientific evidence could possibly account for and even if it existed the government would categorically deny it.
-Fox Mulder
‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through this damn house, my house, MY EMPIRE! No one was stirring. And do you know why? Because you are not serious people. Fuck off. Put that in your goddamn stockings with care.
-Logan Roy
What’s the deal with Christmas Eve? The house is quiet. No one’s stirring. Not even a mouse. What do you expect? What do you think the mice are going “Okay guys, as soon as lights out it’s party time up in the snack cupboard. You know the one. Second from the left. With the crackers, I mean, the GOOD crackers. C’mon we’ve been over and over this. Eddie is going to make a break for the cheese. We got this. On three!”
-Seinfeld
Picture it, Sicily, 1922. ‘Twas the night before Christmas. A buxom young Italian girl in her house, all alone. A knock on the door. Who is it? Rudy Valentino. He must have her, he says. They make love for hours. For a silent film actor, believe me there was nothing quiet about him.
-Sophia Petrillo
I think I batted around .750 getting those right. A little embarrassed I didn’t get Tony S
Such glorious photos. Almost makes me want to move to Boston. Almost.
Happiest of holidays to you, you clever girl, and to all those who love you back there in Beantown. You absolutely crack me up.