17 Christmas rock concerts
18 pig ears--for Very Good Dogs.
19 unnecessary items you pop into the supermarket cart "just in case".
21 inches of snow in the driveway on the morning of the charity bazaar.
22 cops keeping order in shops' queues.
22 sticky cabinet handles
23 Christmas cards from people who sign themselves 'Jane' or 'John and the family' and imagine you will know exactly who they are
24 ripe grapefruit arriving by UPS. Must be eaten by noon or spoil.
25 Christmas cookies in one dog. Dog not feeling festive.
26 office grab bag gifts that no one likes
25 gift certificates for places I'll never go and stuff I'll never use.
Twenty four assorted birds--chickadees, tufted titmice, downy wood peckers, hairy wood peckers, nuthatches, juncos--milling around the bird feeders.
23 potted plants of different varieties.
22 amusingly-shaped chocolates in silver paper which oozes are sort of caramel after a few weeks
21 wrapped gifts under the Chistmas tree and 21 more to wrap
20 shiny gold necklaces with different stones in each.
19 stocking stuffers to be divided evenly among 3 stockings.
20 more presents to wrap with 1 sheet of paper and 2 labels.
19 little extras that fell in the grocery cart when Mr. Noddy did the holiday shopping.
