Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer...

 Thinking of Christmas's past...
  I remember the first time I  saw "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" on TV when I was around 7 or 8.
  It was the first time I had seen that type of 'stop-gap animation' and the first time I saw "The Abdominal Snowman".
   Let me just say, it scared the crap out of me and I wasn't  able to sleep for a week.
   ...I am much better, now...

Another note:
  Today is the 49th anniversary of the death  of my Mama, Marsha Louise Huffman.  She went to heaven in 1968, when I was 8 years old.
  She is still with me and my brothers and sister everyday and I feel her love and protection constantly.
  We will always  love and miss you,  Mama...