The family was gathered for holiday dinner. Being the youngest adult, I still got relegated to the kid’s table where the conversation was a scurrilous attack on Debbie Bishop who had brazenly flirted with cousin Pooky’s tenth-grade boyfriend.
The level of vitriol spewing from these high school Mean Girls rivaled the juiciest TMZ scandelmongering.
Talk at the adult table was no kinder. No one was safe from scathing criticism regardless of reality. Rumor and gossip flowed like sweet tea.
Christmas carols played on the stereo. When “Silent Night” came on, they all ceased bearing false witness to sing along.
Thin spiral notebook 
Ah, how grating and hypocritical these dinners can be! Nice way to put it. I love the word “scandalmongering.” That’s a beauty.
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Isn’t it great word? You know immediately what it means, and to what extent.
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Very thought provoking!
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Not too far from autobiographical…
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We are cooking Christmas Dinner for the first time this year. It could all end up being a disaster but maybe some Christmas Carols will help 🙂 Enjoyed 🙂
Ally 🙂
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My FIL is coming to our house for Christmas, the first time ever. No stress there…
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