that phone call from Bridget reminds me would Millie I think she would xmas has changed over the years I can remember the dozens of Xmas cards mum and dad used to get they are nearly a thing of the past I am certainly not able to rush round town Xmas shopping now would Barney and Leo like the idea I wonder what they would come up with should I test the water or should I just do it and see what happens come to think of it the meaning or the celebration of Xmas itself has changed hasnt it I wonder is it me here I am thinking of ways to avoid Xmas shopping I used to love the hustle and bustle and the deliberations would they he she like or not like mmmmmmm i used to come home sit down have a cigarette and complain even then nearly everybody smoked in those days that certainly has changed and for the better where was I yes the hustle and bustle of Xmas was fun I will buy the jars tomorrow I wonder if everybody would think that the jar idea would be fun even the kind of Xmas music has changed maybe that is because the emphasis on church has changed this idea could work instead of Xmas crackers no I think we will try the no present idea see what happens I think presents for children should remain for the present at any rate that reminds me i have not got a present for Millies birthday next week thats easy I will just send a fifty dollar note maybe a set of movie passes the churches come to think of it a lot of them over my lifetime have changed to secular use or been demolished or are empty especially in the country how about a card not a professional one from a stationer this will give everybody the option maybe I could dictate one present one person with everybody having computers these days they will have to make one up the girls will love that I will send an email to them that one of the instructions in the main message should include the words I will yes I will I wiillll yes I wiiiiiiiiilllllllll
She drifted off and slept.
Grant Ward
Based on Molly Bloom's soliloquy from James Joyce’s Ulysses
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