Christmas trivia

Our oldest son was born on December 20, 1982. As brand new parents being overly worried as brand new parents tend to be, we weren't sure whether we should take a five day old baby out and about on Christmas. We knew everyone would want to see him, but, you know, Christmas is typically cold. Very cold.

The mercury that Christmas hit 65, to this day still the record high for Christmas in Detroit. We had no fears about taking our new baby out in such balmy weather.

But wait, there's more.

The very next Christmas, December 25, 1983, was the coldest Christmas to date in Detroit. It was twelve below zero. Of course, we were experienced parents by then. We bundled him up and took out for the holiday as though it were nothing.

Merry Christmas everyone.