For those of you who are too young to remember him, ask your parents or grandparents, or Google him. Sorry to say, you missed a lot by being born so late.

Bob Hope was an incredible entertainer — stand-up comic, song-and-dance man, actor — and a true humanitarian. For half a century, from 1941 during World War II, to Desert Storm in 1991, he spent every Christmas with America’s troops stationed overseas, together with his wife Dolores and a retinue of stars from Hollywood and the music industry.

And this is how he summed up the meaning of Christmas:

“My idea of Christmas, whether old-fashioned or modern, is very simple: loving others. Come to think of it, why do we have to wait for Christmas to do that?” – Bob Hope

Disproving the old saying that the good die young, Bob lived 100 years; Dolores made it to 102. They were married for 69 of those years.

And that, to my mind, is how you keep Christmas . . . every day, your whole life long.

Merry Christmas, everyone!

Just sayin’ . . .

Brendochka
12/25/25