I hope you are all having a lovely, warm and happy Christmas.

Mine has been good so far. Mom made a lovely dinner last night. We celebrate on Christmas eve and open our presents after a toast at midnight. We watched It's A Wonderful Life, played Christmas CDS, and had a photo session that ended in my in tears. Because I couldn't stop laughing. Not one picture did we all look alright in. We gave up after about the 10th family shot.

The gifts were great and practical, and now we are plotting our Boxing Day Attack for tomorrow morning. We must be strong. Very strong.