Some Christmas’s stay forever in our hearts and minds because they were so beautiful, so magical, so perfect.

• You got your Red Ryder BB gun or Malibu Barbie.
• The time the Christmas pageant went off without a hitch.
• The year when everyone got to come home.
• A blanket of snow on Christmas Eve draped everything in white and wonder.

But other Christmas’s are forever etched in our memories because they were so IMPERFECT.

• The year it flooded and Christmas was spent at the neighbors who lived on higher ground.
• The year no one noticed the oven turned off and the turkey ran with blood-red juice when carved.
• The year it snowed TWO FEET and a family of happy relatives became a snarling, surly captive audience for a full week.

Christmas disasters!

Maybe. Maybe not. Sometimes it may be t…