Howling Good Time!
by Auntie Kreamsaugen
published January 2015
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Ole and Lena invited us to
come over for a holiday meal.
Knute and I were excited to
accept. We arrived at Ole and
Lena's house and were immediately
greeted by the aromas
associated with a Scandinavian
holiday meal.
The air was filled with the
fragrances of lutefisk, Swedish
meatballs, fresh baked krumkake,
corn pudding, a variety
of pies and a few things that I
was not quite sure of. The table
was set in holiday fashion and
was piled high with homemade
breads and lefse. Lena must
have been cooking for 2 or 3
days it seemed.
Along with Knute and myself,
other guests included the
Smith's (definitely not Scandinavian),
the Johnsons and the
Swensons.
The 10 of us gathered at the
table joined hands and recited
"Come Lord Jesus, be our guest,
let these foods to us be blessed
... Amen" Then the feast began!
It lasted about 30 minutes, as
we all ignored the sin of gluttony
and had a little bit of everything
that Lena had prepared.
Knute and I could hardly
hold our composure when the
Smith's unfolded their lefse,
laid it on their laps and wiped
their mouths with it many times
during the meal. They must
have wondered, but not a word
was said, when all the rest of us
ate our napkins.
"Who want's coffee and pie?"
Lena asked. We all admitted to
being too full for desert right
now but a small cupcake with
coffee was agreed upon by everyone.
When the Smith's ate theirs ... paper and all, Knute
and I had to get away from the
table FAST.
"I brought my ukulele along,
shall we have a sing-a-long" I
said. I began to sing "I yest go
nuts at Christmas", pretty soon,
from somewhere in the back of
the house, there came a sound
that I can only describe as a mix of police sirens and coyotes
howling. Around the corner
came Ole and Lena's pups,
Mickey and Blondie. They sat
down right in the middle of the
group and continued singing
(howling) along with me. The
more they sang, the more we got
in pitch together.
It was wonderful!
When the song ended, Mickey
woofed as if to say "Let's sing another
one!"
I think that I have found the
back up singers for my act!
Everyone agreed that it was a
howling good time.
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