Double Dee opened his garage door and looked out at the snow. He sighed as he looked at the covered driveway and the sidewalk to his front door. He then walked over and started the snowblower. It's a good thing I have this contraption, I'll have all this done in no time. As he was clearing the drive, he noticed Kevin and his dad emerge from their garage with bundles of Christmas lights. As they came forth from the garage, he saw the red-headed jock laughing about something his father had said.
Mr. Barr had pulled a ladder from the garage and placed it against the house. As he started to climb up the ladder Kevin came over and shooed him away from the ladder and climbed up it himself dragging a string of lights up with him. His father laughed and started setting up the other decorations. After a few minutes, Kevin scooped up some snow and made a snowball and tossed it at his father. To many, it would have seemed that the star of Peach Creek High's baseball team had missed his target completely, but the boy had placed the ball just where he wanted it to go at his father's feet.
"I thought you were a great pitcher boy; it seems you can't even get it over the plate." laughed the older man as he made a snowball and tossed it at the jock. As he threw the ball he said, "Let your old man show you how it's done." He then tossed the snowball hitting Kevin right in the middle of his back. The redhead jumped down from the ladder and grabbed a handful of snow and ran towards his father declaring that he would get him back by putting the snow down his pants. The chase was on both men running around the yard like small boys, laughing all the while.
Double Dee was watching the show and wondered at the antics between father and son. They seemed to be having so much fun. He knew his father loved him, but they had never played like the duo across the street. After a while, he saw that the father and son team had gone back to putting up the yearly display. Edd had always enjoyed seeing the light show that was at the Barr household every year. For a long as he could remember it had been a spectacular event and had won many awards over the years. They always tried to add something new each year.
After he had finished removing the snow from his driveway and sidewalk Edd looked at his own home. The tree was standing in the window and twinkling away as it did every year. Even with most of the homes lit up for the Christmas season his was usually dark with just the tree shining forth. He knew that if he really wanted to, he could come up with something to rival the Barrs if he put his mind to it, however as he usually spent the holidays alone because of his parents' hectic careers, why bother.