Dear Reader,
I hope you had a wonderful celebration of Christmas! Christmas Eve was lovely. Christmas Eve night and Christmas Day, not so much.
Our annual plan is to spend Christmas Eve with my parents and Christmas Day with my husband's family. This routine works out well, and we enjoy both parts quite a bit. We started out Christmas Eve morning with my parents having a mid-morning breakfast and then present opening (completed by noon.) My dad remarked that this year was the earliest opening of presents in his 62 years, probably aided by the enthusiasm of our favorite three year old. We had a yummy early afternoon lunch and then a quiet afternoon of playing and relaxing together. Fun!
My husband, son, and I headed home early evening, and my husband wasn't feeling tops. He thought it may just have been overeating a bit. As the night progressed, so did his bout with the stomach flu. As you may recall, my dear husband had a serious virus over Thanksgiving 2009. This year, the flu caught him on Christmas Day 2010. (Look out Easter 2011!) We're still in Christmas halftime until next weekend when we can be reasonably assured that we will not pass germs to my husband's family members.
Although this year brought some unexpected changes in plans, we rolled with it. My husband, as usual, was such a trooper about feeling less than exceptional. And my son handled the changes like a trooper. On the 26th, the three of us opened our gifts together. The highlight: a little boy who has discovered the wonder of walkie talkies. More about Christmas to come. Over and out.
Sincerely,
Abi
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