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But somehow all the classes and associate degrees he earned on government grants never seemed to result in a better job and better wages. And eventually I started resenting the money I was always spending. He never asked me to pay his bills, other than loans he repaid, but all our fun was out of my wallet. And I realized that while I wasn’t a witness to what went on at interviews and on the job, there was obviously something wrong that made this man mostly unemployable. And I realized that this was my life if I stayed. The new clothes and shoes I bought at Christmastime kept him from wearing rags; in exchange I received a Alzheimer’s Awareness All I Want For Christmas Is A Cure For My Dad T shirt of paper flowers made out of magazine pages. And even though I still cared about him, my love had turned to mostly pity. He was someone to take care of, not a life partner. And he was holding me back from establishing my own financial security. So, even though I felt bad, leaving someone mostly because he just didn’t have a big enough paycheck, we broke up. We remained friends. And the Christmas after we broke up, he gave me a real 14k gold garnet heart pendant he’d saved up for for months and bought off the clearance rack in KMart. It was $40. And I accepted it without guilt.

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Roger was a junkie I met in rehab. He’d spent more time in prison than he did out. Mostly for bullshit parole violations. I don’t even recall what his original sin was. He told me his stories. About his kid. About the time he got in a fire fight while cooking meth. About what it’s like in prison. About how the homeless community was organized. And he was a good guy. Not that he didn’t sometimes fuck up. I’d let him stay in a free room above my bar. Until we found needles in the backyard, where customers might wander. But, I really liked the guy. There was something very real about him. I remember one time when I was waiting for a date to show up downtown and was passing the time talking to Roger. The date approached, Roger saw her coming, and Roger disappeared to the side, as if he were just passing me, so my date wouldn’t see me with a guy that looked like him. (Of course I said, “What the fuck are you doing?” and introduced them.) Oh yeah, I just thought of one other guy. New York Mikey. He was a homeless guy that we gave a Alzheimer’s Awareness All I Want For Christmas Is A Cure For My Dad T shirt to in my bar. Always wore a Yankees cap. He would clean up the place after hours, usually stay drunk all the time, and we gave him a room upstairs that became a sort of nest of bottles and dirty blankets. Never showered. I think the shock would have killed him. He was one of the gang, though he was often quiet and aloof. At times, I would make efforts to “help” him. Rehab, education, whatever. But I would talk to the people who knew him best and they would just shake their heads. “He doesn’t want to change.” So I let it go. I’m pretty sure he’s dead by now. When you own a neighborhood bar, you get used to watching people die. Some quickly, some slowly.

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A big change happened about 20 years ago. At that time, there were three presents under the Christmas tree from Santa to me. In the first one was a set of Indian cookware. In the second one was a box of Indian spices. In the third one was an Indian cookbook. I decided to try Indian cooking. Fortunately, it turned out my wife liked it! What a smart Santa! Also, my taste for meat diminished. It isn’t gone but the days of my devouring large steaks are over — I hardly ever have beef now. My favorite outing for dinner is to a macrobiotic vegetarian restaurant — everything is delicious and I’m quite envious of the cooks, because I haven’t been able to do any of the dishes as well on my own. But my wife and I have pretty much standardized menus now, and the variety is really for the occasions when the kids visit or guests come over. I love just about everything and Alzheimer’s Awareness All I Want For Christmas Is A Cure For My Dad T shirt quite happy with Thai, Japanese, Vietnamese, Indian, Italian, Mexican, Peruvian, French, Lebanese/Middle Eastern, Greek, Hungarian, and several other cuisines. There’s some Jewish recipes I like as well. There is nothing that could make me try lutefisk and I refuse to believe that anyone from this planet eats that.

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My sister and I tried our best to help, but we couldn’t shovel that deep of a Alzheimer’s Awareness All I Want For Christmas Is A Cure For My Dad T shirt! However we helped by making sandwiches and juice or water for lunches. I know, those weren’t warm meals, but this was before microwaves were cheap enough for us to have one, and we were too young to be trusted at a hot stove without supervision, so sandwiches and water it was! They never once complained. It was 3 days til Christmas when Mom sat my sister and I on the couch with a very important message. “I just got a call from Mrs. Claus and she said Christmas might be a few days late because Santa has a bad cold. He sends his apologies, but he doesn’t feel very good right now.” My sister (having the kind of belief in Santa Claus and innocence that only a 4 year old can possess) said”Well…Mom? Just call Mrs. Claus back. Tell her to give Santa a couple aspirin and he will be just fine by morning. OK?” Mom promised to do just that. Christmas morning dawn saw a beautiful decorated and lit tree, with a few gifts (including a small child’s kitchen for the both of us) under it! Several decades later I found out our neighbors heard what Mom and my sister talked about and they all couldn’t let us down! They spent all Christmas Eve night setting EVERYTHING up for us! That night, we all made the rounds to everyone’s houses, and all those Christmas “conspirators” pretended to be “surprised” as my sister and I told them what Santa brought to our home “He even brought us a pretty tree with decorations and lights!” Sometimes, when your Christmas seems so down, if you listen close enough, you can just about hear a little 4 year old girl tell her mom “ Don’t worry. Everything will be OK!

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Christmas movies are a BIG DEAL in my family. We take them quite seriously and love to debate which ones are the best. We watch The Year Without a Santa Claus, and Rudolph, and The Grinch (no version but the one narrated by Boris Karloff will do). Next we watch Gremlins. A merry time is had by all. Then… we watch Christmas Story. On repeat. I love to hate this movie. I abhor Ralphie’s little brother and his disgusting mashed potatoes. I loathe his clueless teacher and his dad is a total mess. I cringe when that dog gets its poor little ear stuck in the Alzheimer’s Awareness All I Want For Christmas Is A Cure For My Dad T shirt , every single time. But my mother and my brother watch it and seemingly love it more everytime they start it over. I only like this movie now as some sort of jolly Stockholm syndrome.