I’m not going to be online much for the next few days. We celebrate Christmas with my family tomorrow, then our traditional Christmas Eve with Pat’s family. Christmas day will be just the five of us. We’ve been able to have a quiet Christmas day for the past 3 or 4 years, and I know eventually it will end, but it sure is nice.
We’re sitting here now, the five us, in the light of the Christmas tree watching “A Christmas Story” on dvd. While there are probably 50 movies I’d rather watch, this is one of the few that could keep us all watching together, so here I sit :).
So while I’ll be around now and then, I figure this is my last, best chance to wish a Merry Christmas to all my ‘net friends, both new and old. Figuring out how to be a better friend to all of you is high on my priority list for the coming year.
Whether you’re celebrating Christmas of just enjoying a day or two off, have a wonderful holiday!
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Sounds wonderful! I hope you enjoy this quiet time with your family. Christmas Day has always been “our day” too. We do Christmas Eve with the whole family and then they get together again on Christmas Day for dinner.
When my kids were little, they would be up late on Christmas Eve, get up really early on Christmas morning, open their presents and just when they started to play with them, we’d whisk them away to get dressed up all fancy and head out for Christmas Dinner.
They’d be cranky and tired and that was the last place they wanted to be (and so was I!) One year, after hanging around uncomfortably full and wishing to be home in my flannels, I decided that enough was enough. I told the family the following year, “It’s not that we don’t love you and don’t appreciate the invite but we’re going to stay home on Christmas Day from now on.”
It was the best decision that we’ve ever made. So, for the last dozen or so years, while everyone else is cooking and rushing and uncomfortable, the 4 of us lounge in our flannels, playing with Christmas toys, reading, drinking coffee, and relaxing. I make a ham dinner for us but it’s not a big production. Inevitably, I get a call from one of my sisters-in-law asking about my day and when I tell them, they say “You’re so lucky!” My response, “You can have this kind of day too, all you have to do is say the words.”
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Merry Christmas!
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