Chris Erskine: Online, the sweater looked like a puddle of baby sheep. What was I to do?
by Chris Erskine, Los Angeles Times
Dec 23, 2019
3 minutes
Christmas and I go steady for about a month. Then we break up. Everything in moderation. Well, except the holidays.
Last week, I tipped the tree lot attendant 20 bucks, which is pretty generous. I once worked a charity tree lot myself, so I know the backbreaking work and how the sap coats your palms like layers of stale honey.
Looking back, maybe the $20 tip wasn't enough. After all, I'd made a lot of stupid jokes during the
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