I’ve long heard about 3-dimension chess, but my abilities with in one-dimensional chess are limited to watching opponents remove my pieces.
No, the 3-dimensional chess I’m observing is the intense Christmas tree interplay between MaLinda and her daughter Jessica as they move ornaments from the outer branches to the tree’s interior.
This duo is capable of assembling a beautiful Christmas tree, even if they haven’t placed my revered Aggie mascot Reveille on the tree in years.
But as MaLinda carefully laces her new Christmas ribbon through the branches, I realize she and Jessica already have arranged amazing ornaments throughout.
What I don’t know as I indulge in yuletide memories of ornaments past, is that pitched battles have occurred below the bright ornaments and ribbons.
Just bringing up the subject ignites another round of disagreement on how necessary some addition is.
Like I said, it’s kind of an intergenerational chess match between mother and daughter.
I guess they both agree that Reveille doesn’t push aside the many iterations of Santas, Angels, stars, snowmen and more religious figures.
It’s pretty special what they have created.
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MaLinda has spent long years collecting ornaments either in person or online.
We have so many ornaments gathered over the years that mother and daughter have a second tree off the kitchen area.
In our occasional trips to Fredericksburg, there’s this one shop that specializes in a certain kind of ornaments.
Since Fredericksburg is familiar to lots of folks in Matagorda County, I’m sure a lot of local women know exactly the store I’m talking about.
There was a time when the Christmas ritual included the ordeal of checking Christmas tree lights to see which ones had gone out.
Oh wait, that ordeal lives on today, except the lights are much smaller.
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Speaking of Christmas time joy, I toured Cuero’s Christmas in the Park last Friday as Simon DeSoto and I covered the Tidehaven-Poth regional playoff game last Friday night.
There are so many displays of so many yuletide designs that the trail starts in the middle of town and extends out to the airport, where there are aviation-inspired figures.
Really, an inspired way to bring out-of-town folks into your community and downtown at that.
Along the trail, there are informational signs that tell who the multitude of sponsors are.
Christmas in the Park is from 6 to 10 p.m. every night through Jan. 1. There is no admission, but a contribution is welcomed.
