Kate Bates had a New Year's party last week. She decided to have some folks from The Methodist over for supper before she took the Christmas decorations back to the closet in the spare room.
There were three problems, though: 1] The house had suffered more at the hands of children and grandchildren and Shingles, the dog, than she had realized. 2]She can seat but 12, and before she knew it, the guest list was filled with Kitchen Nazis. Kate and her husband, Prof. Ben "Seymour" Bottoms, are Bleeding Hearts. There are certain minefields of talk that KNs and BHs dare not tread together. 3] Two-year-old Clara Wembley came over to "help" her nana prepare.
So Kate put in an emergency call to Claire Nathan. Claire made her husband, Randall, retired pastor and well-known hermudgeon, come along to help.
Kate decorates. Claire cleans. Ben and Randall do what they are told. So, technically, they were good to go. Except when little Clara heard the tumbleweeds of dust in the corners referred to as bunnies, she wouldn't let anyone take a broom to them. Claire solved the problem by putting leftover Christmas bows on them while Kate disconnected all the lamps and replaced them with candles.
Randall distracted the guests by singing "Me and My Shadow" while playing ukelele, as "Seymour" did hand puppets on the wall, incorporating the "bunnies" as part of the routine.
All in all, it was quite a festive and successful occasion.
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