What a great Christmas story. I'm very happy for you. Dad's are great and the bond we kids share with our Dad's is the best.
I live in NY and I love my state but crazy liberals are ruining everything. They're elitists who shit on people from the south and fly over country. I loved the south from my time in the Army. Nice people with great respect for our country. And best of all they're not afraid of guns. I have a friend who won't let his grandkids play with nerf guns because he's afraid they'll grow up to be violent. Crazy.
I do my part in keeping MAGA levels high with the family. Some almost went doomer but, I threw some bricks from the Wall at them. They awakened later ready to MAGA like never before.
There is also a great book called "None Dare Call it Treason" written in the early sixties by John A. Stormer. It's about communist- socialist conspiracy to enslave America. Great read.
I've been conservative my whole life. But it wasn't until I went to war in Iraq that my eyes opened up further.