As luck would have it I’m off work for both Christmas Eve and Christmas Day this year. WooHoo! I had intended to go to the St. Nicholas church for services Christmas Eve but there was freezing rain here that night. Somehow a 32 mile drive home at 2-ish am seemed a bad idea, so I went to the local Christmas Eve Carols service just up the road and had a wonderful time.
Pippen Enjoying a Christmas Day Nap
Then I did another drive around on the way home to enjoy the Holiday Lights and fixed myself a nice fish dinner complete with ice cream for dessert.
Paws-in-Trouble Enjoying a Christmas Day Nap
NPR let me down though – in the past NPR has featured 24 hours of Holiday music on Christmas. This year there was music Christmas Eve but mostly talk shows on Christmas Day. ????? So I listened to my iPod instead. And kept track of Santa’s delivery via NORAD while reworking an 18th century apple green petticoat I was given many years ago. Its now been over-dyed with tan, which gives it a better period color, and the side slits for pocket access have gotten real plackets installed. (That way the pocket slit doesn’t rip out again.) It’s a nice light weight cotton fabric, perfect for those hot Virginia days.
So OK, that’s not the most eventful Christmas I’ve ever had. But it was quiet, restful and I enjoyed it immensely. What more can one ask? I pray all my friends and family had as glorious a holiday season.
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