Putting Sarah to bed tonight, on the night before Christmas eve, I said I hoped visions of sugarplums would dance in her head. Though she knows and can recite "The Night Before Christmas," she promptly said, "Dad, I don't know what those are. I've never seen one. Have you?" Umm, well, actually now that you mention it, I assume it's some kind of candied plum or something (CANDIED PLUM? WHY WOULD THEY DO THAT?) but no, I guess I've never seen one, either, Umm, Mom, have you ever seen or tasted a sugarplum? Well, no...
Okay. I guess visions of sugarplums won't dance in her head. Or mine, unless I overindulge on plum wine. I'm wondering, did I never ask what a sugarplum was when I was a kid? Heck, what was a tuffet? What were curds and whey? (Kurds and Hue maybe? Those I've heard of.) Why didn't I ask these questions? Or did I? I know, I know, Google, Wikipedia, etc. But it's more fun to post this first. Wikipedia later.
Visions of sugarplums, y'all, if you know what they are. Or even if you don't.
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