<div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/zojJa9v.png)<br/> <span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"> </span><div align="center"><strong> <span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">Steffy – CC</span></strong><br/>____<br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 11pt;"><strong>NKA <em>Christmas <br/>Caroling <br/>(CC)</em></strong></span></div></div><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 11pt;">The question of whether I’d like to buy a beer for Courtney is almost answered before a beer is in Courtney’s hand.  <br/><br/>No doubt taking an I-wanna-be-a-bad-girl, but-not-bad-enough-to-get-coal attitude, Courtney ‘sips’ her beer and let’s out a satisfied ahhh.<br/><br/>I smile at Mechelle.  “That beer will be on me.”  Given someone’s playfulness, I explain what I mean, “I’ll pay for the beer is what I’m saying.”<br/><br/>Miss Playful, Santa’s brunette, is Miss Merriment.  I dab the cinnamon stick in my drink, saying, not idly, while looking at Mechelle, “I was going to say Courtney could use my tab here, but that would not be wise.  Another Christmas gift may be a better idea.”  I boop Courtney's nose.       <br/></span>