Christmas Blog

It was December 22, and Vinny was not in the Christmas Spirit. It seemed like every jolly tune on the radio reminded him of what Laney was missing out on. No, this time of year was a time of sadness and letdown. Vinny went out to the store to buy presents for the rest of the orphans. He was on the toy isle looking at some stuffed animals when he heard a loud commotion on the other side of the isle. Someone yelled "Stop!"  and then suddenly the isle was coming down on Vinny! The Isle hit him and knocked him to his feet. It took Vinny several minutes to collect himself and figure out what had happened. The first thought Vinny had was, "I'm alive!" If it had been any other shelf but the light stuffed animal shelf he would of for sure been dead right now. Several nearby customers ran over and helped Vinny out of the shelf and asked him if he was ok. He replied yes and left the store. On the way out, Vinny saw that the man who had knocked the shelf down had been arrested and was handcuffed off to the side. Vinny walked up to him and told him, "What if I had been a child?" The man cackled wildly, but gave no real reply. Crazy drunk, thought Vinny. Vinny walked down the street to the next store to bu his presents. Christmas was living up to the year's reputation.