When Delores spent his first night actually out with the other chickens in the 2024 Christmas Ornament, I was anxious about how he would handle himself, as he was pretty shy. After a few false starts (and getting pushed off perches by the other chickens) he chose a walnut branch that lead to the night perches and slept on that. When Delores became a big, beautiful Golden Phoenix adult rooster, I thought the hens would probably make absolute fools of themselves trying to get his attention – and if he ignored them it would serve them right! I suppose I should have done something about the name – but Delores responded to “Delores” and appeared fine with it. (Also, my Aunt Delores would have been devastated if I changed his name.) A friend suggested calling him “Del” – which sort of made sense – but that sounded like he was lead singer in a retro 60’s band. As long as Delores didn’t mind – and let’s face it, he didn’t care – I was perfectly content to have a sweet rooster named Delores.

2024 Christmas Ornament,
Best 2024 Christmas Ornament
Mental Aspects: Another part of why NFL runner-ups don’t make it back to playoffs clearly seems to be mental, however, and it’s hard to say how the Falcons will cope with getting that close to the championship and having it slip through their fingers, especially in such a 2024 Christmas Ornament fashion. There are players like second-year LB Vic Beasley (who had 0 tackles, and could have intercepted the Pats in OT to stop their game-ending drive, but only got one hand on the football and tipped it away) who will no doubt have some negativity and frustration—both external and internal—to deal with after this game. There’s also a new Offensive Coordinator, as Kyle Shanahan has left to take the head coaching job in San Francisco. It usually takes a couple of years for a new OC to really get the freedom and familiarity with his players to institute major changes, so we can expect the Falcons O to look very similar to this season’s, with perhaps a couple of 2024 Christmas Ornament installed by new OC Steve Sarkisian. No one rocks the boat too hard first year, however, so not too much should change.

I like to get this major sh**fight out of the way before I have to focus on other things, like making sure I’ve bought (and wrapped, in secret while everyone’s asleep) all the 2024 Christmas Ornament , then preparing for the feast, making all arrangements, buying food while battling snarling sweat-demons at the supermarket. It will be even more fun this year, with “social-distancing” at peak-pre-Christmastime. Wonder what that’s gonna look like? Our family have always had a slight (very slight) advantage of having Christmas one day earlier than most Australians. However, if we’re doing it this year, we’re staggering it. Maybe it’s time more people did. Our Christmas will be about a week early. This avoids the mass-hysteria grocery shopping, it will be one week less hot (temps go crazy on Christmas Day), and we can relax after, while everyone else is still stressed and suffering. I’ve talked my family into it. In previous years, there was some resistance, as it wasn’t “real Christmas time”. But “Christmastime” is just an idea in our heads, and no day is really any different to another. Christ wasn’t even born on December 25. And he’s not complaining that people changed his day to a time that was more convenient, so why should anyone complain about a re-change? Anyway, sorry, my main answer is “Yes, we can absolutely put up our dex early, because Christmas preps are such a nightmare, that I want to get a full two months mileage out of them before I have to take them down again in the new year.”