Ladies and Gentlemen, Children and Teens, Friends and Neighbors, Passer-bys in Cars, Trucks, Vans and Buses — All Honking and Shouting, Pointing Peoples in Planes Propping and Pooshing, Shouting Sailors on Seas in Ships Sailing, and Stomping Subsurface Submariners Submerged in Submersibles Sinking and Sloshing,

Keep shouting, clapping, stomping, using noise makers, honking, pointing, flapping your arms, blowing bubbles, and waving,

It was so true. 12-12-12 was the Greatest Monosyllabic Number Day of the 21st Century. Twelve (12) is the highest or largest number in the English language that is pronounced as only one, count it again, only one – not two or three in two words – only one (it is true, it is only one), syllable in length. Whew and away what happened there and then? Well, on a day we just passed, three twelves in single syllables were aligned on the calendar of the 2,000’s. December 12th of the 12th year only occurs once a century, and it has occurred for us. December 12, 2012 was the greatest monosyllabic number day for the 21st Century, our current 100-year cycle. The day won’t happen again for a hundred more of those years. To commemorate this every second-in-ten decades event of the Century, people proposed wildly and ran running hand-in-hand in two’s to City Halls around the globe to recite their nuptials, be declared wedded then-and-there, and hurry off around the planet on special honeymoons for newlyweds. It had to happen by midnight, before the day came to its end, or their new lives might be postponed for a 100 years more, at least. Wow, that was a hurried, rushed and noisy day for only one syllable.

Don’t stop the fun.

A new day has burst forth and brought into publication and posting on the web site of Uncle Joe Stories the first ever Christmas story. Hopefully, you won’t have to wait another 100 years for another Christmas story on this site, but one should always take advantage of a good excuse for a party and a read.

A story for the season is just such a reason.

Please stop by the Home page and witness for yourselves the debut of “The Christmas Song.”

As a story, “Song” is, in part, monosyllabic of title. As such, it shares in something of the life joys of the 12-12-12 event. In its ending, I think you will see that “The Christmas Song” shares in a tomorrow day that has its own joys of welcome and goodbye.

May your Holidays be filled with sweet thoughts, your tummies with sweet treats, and your homes with dear friends and family,

Grandpa Jim