For all you TB'ers, With Christmas and new year's coming up I was wondering,What's your funniest holiday memory,(national lampoon style?)
Mine is December 23, 1971, and I was 6 years old. My father was a real do-it-yourselfer kind of guy. And he thought that it would be really cool to make his own candles for Christmas. So, he took all of the used candles in the house, got some candle wicks from the hardware store, And stuffed the wax chips into toilet paper rolls, which he placed on top of our antique 1939 sears flat top model wood burning stove. Good enough so far. Well the wax started melting in the cylinders, and it looked like his venture into candlemaking would be a success. Then he told my 12 year old brother to check the wicks in the cardboard molds to see if they were straight. Just as he was saying this, he was bending over to check the fire in the stove. And my brother decided to check the wicks-from the bottom of the mold. He picked up the cylinder and turned it upside down, which unfortunatly emptied its entire content of hot wax on my father's head!
My father stood up instantly, roaring like a wounded bear. (let me take a second to paint the scenario- Me and my sister were painting christmas ornaments at the kitchen table, My mother was baking cookies over by our regular stove, and my baby brother was playing on the floor. The perfect norman rockwell picture) So when this unfortunate event happened, we were all in shock, not knowing whether to scream or laugh. I swear, the clock stopped ticking on the wall! Somehow my mother regained her composure, grabbed my father and pulled him into the laundry room where she poured cold water on his head, which instantly hardened the hot wax. When he came out, every hair on his head was standing on end, he looked like Billy Idol. Unfortunately, this hairstyle would nor be popular until 7 years later, when the punk movement would go into full swing. Anyway he was unharmed, but would spend Christmas day with the strangest punk rock hairdo I had ever seen. and we all had a laugh I will always remember.
