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Wassailing: Everyone’s a Critic

December 22, 2019
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Day 962 of El Matador’s life. Yelled at my son today. He kept saying no every time I started to sing a Christmas carol. So I looked that boy in his beautiful innocent face and screamed, “I was born to sing, and you’re not going to stop me!”

It is a father’s burden and privilege to teach his son the hard lessons of life.

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