From our house to your house

    Merry Christmas from

the Moores

Jane and John have emphasized the theatrical aspects of Christmas this year. In late November, they enjoyed the Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble production of “Toy Story,” where Jane—always the gambler—bought chances on the leg lamp. She’s hoping she doesn’t win. In mid- December, we ended a day’s shopping by watching “Irving Berlin’s White Christmas” at The Courtyard Theater near Selinsgrove. As the finale began, the cast invited the audience to join in singing the title song. 

That song may be the closest we come to a White Christmas this year. If AccuWeather is correct, Central Pennsylvanians will enjoy a sunny 54 degrees on December 25. Always the procrastinator, John hasn’t yet brought the snow shovels down from the barn. Maybe he’ll do that after opening his presents on Xmas day.

In early December, John donned his Santa suit to play Santa Claus for the 1^st annual Pet Parade sponsored by the Selinsgrove Chamber of Commerce. The parade ended in a little park in downtown Selinsgrove, where people and their pets – mainly dogs – had their pictures taken with Santa. Then last week, John/Santa zoomed down to Bethlehem, Pa., for the annual Christmas party of his old Toastmasters Club

 Jane marked her tenth year as a caseworker for the state Welfare Office, now known as the Department of Human Services. Keeping with the tradition she started last summer with her knee replacement, Jane had cataract surgeries this summer. The eye surgeries were so successful that she now needs glasses only to read. 

John’s 2015 storytelling activities took him to Frances Slocum State Park near Wilkes-Barre; Fort Roberdeau near Altoona; and the State Library of Pennsylvania in Harrisburg where he was the December speaker at a Lunch & Learn program for state employees. He’s working on a new series of books about the American Revolutionary War and has reached the midway point on the first volume, tentatively titled “Tories, Terror & Tea: Pennsylvania in the Revolution.” He hopes to release the book during 2016.