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Sean of the South

Merry Christmas, Layla Grace

Sean of the South

Sean Dietrich

Personal Journals, S-town, Music, Alabama, Garrison Keillor, Storytelling, Story, Garden And Gun, Southern Living, Serial, Southern Culture, S Town, Old Radio, Lake Wobegon, Stories, Prairie Home Companion, Arts, Society & Culture, Live From Here, Story Podcast

5.0546 Ratings

🗓️ 18 December 2024

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Sean wishes a Merry Christmas to a very special little girl. To subscribe to Sean's daily blog, https://seandietrich.com/subscribe/ For information on events or other Sean of the South news, visit https://seandietrich.com/ To sponsor an episode, email LauraBeth@SeanDietrich.com Sean Dietrich is a columnist, humorist, multi-instrumentalist, and stand-up storyteller known for his commentary on life in the American South. His work has appeared in Newsweek, Southern Living, Reader's Digest, G...

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Merry Christmas, Layla Grace. I got your name from the church Christmas tree. It's kind of like angel tree, where you buy gifts for kids whose names are on the tree. Your card was hanging on a branch when I was walking to the lobby. I was talking to people and shaking hands, and that's when I noticed your photograph hanging there.Your hair is the same color as mine.

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"'Read.

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"'God help you.

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"'When I saw your picture, I thought to myself,

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"'you know, she looks like she'd make someone a really good friend.

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"'So I lifted your card from the tree, and I inspected it,

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"'and immediately I fell in love with you.

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"'For starters, I really like the name Lela.

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It's a good name.

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I had an aunt named Lela.

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She smelled like old lady perfume and her couch was covered in plastic,

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but she was very nice, and sometimes she babysat me.

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Mother was always reminded me to behave for Aunt Lela

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and not to stress her out because she had IBS.

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