Chapter 7: Black Friday Afternoon
After my childhood friends, Sarah Sobert, and the Mifflin girls left, Madison, Casey, Emma, and I decided to hang out and take a look back at our childhood. "I told Sarah, James, and Henri that this November is a lot like 2001," I explained to everybody. "December is looking to sing the same tune!" "Sing the same tune?" Emma asked. "Exactly what do you mean by that, Angel?" "I mean, this unusually warm weather looks like it wants to continue into at least the start of December," I explained. "Hey, if we're lucky, we might get some wintry weather around Christmas, even if the month is still mild overall!" "I doubt it, Angel," Emma disagreed. "You don't know that for sure, Emma," I stated. "Anything can happen." "But, this is a strong El Nino," Madison explained. "Strong El Ninos don't usually produce white Christmases." "Yeah, unusually warm November+unusually warm Thanksgiving Day= unusually warm December," Casey agreed. "Every year I went to Northwestern Elementary School, at least since 2nd grade, whatever November was, December was, too!" "Oh, yeah," Madison agreed. "November and December were warm in 1998, warm in 1999, cold in 2000, and warm in 2001. I was in 4th grade, 5th grade, 6th grade, and 7th grade." "And, that's exactly how the "good" Novembers and Decembers of the 2010s played out," I explained. "With the exceptions of December 2010, which was cold, and December 2012, which was warm!" "So, you don't think 2013 and 2014 were good?" Emma asked. "No way," I replied. "Those were more like Casey's kindergarten and first grade years, in which December was NOT the same as November!" "Okay, enough talk about the weather," Madison stated. "What would you like to do to celebrate our childhood?" "We could, uh... go to the circus," I stated. "I don't think they have it anymore," Madison stated, "and I have to head back to Erie now."
