Merry Christmas Eve friends!
While I unwind from a long stretch of days at work (drinking wine and eating smoked Gouda cheese from Holland - thanks Christy!), Chris prepares our traditional December 24th dinner of shrimp pasta and garlic bread. This started back in 2004 when Angie moved up to Kansas from Arkansas. She always came over for Christmas Eve mass, then dinner, followed by sitting in front of the fire to open presents and tell stories of holidays past. Like the year I stuck my finger in the pumpkin pie, or the time Ray and his friend Steve decorated the tree after we went to bed, or the year we had no tree at all because we were shipping out to Panama a few days after Christmas. That year we each selected a chair in the living room to decorate with paper garlands, so Santa would know where to put our presents.
Tomorrow morning I am making pancakes and bacon for breakfast and will start the Christmas carols by 7:00 am. There will be time for sitting and staring and calling Brother and Dottie and Mary Ann so we can connect across the miles.
Candles will be lit, pajamas will be kept on.
A walk may be taken, or not. Mostly it will be low key, with dancing in the kitchen and maybe around the tree. Right now I must refill my glass and make a decision between Scrooged and Love Actually to watch after dinner. I hope whatever you are doing tonight you are equally warm, and well, and content.
Sounds like the perfect day. Merry Christmas.
Thanks for the gift of your blog this past year... the perfect amount of beautiful photos, great stories and the knack of finding joy in the ordinary. I'm looking forward to more of the same in the New Year.
Posted by: Emie | 12/25/2019 at 04:37 AM
Merry Christmas Carol! Thanks for the nice Angie memory on Christmas morning.
Posted by: Chris oliveira | 12/25/2019 at 09:05 AM
Sounds perfect. Thank you, Carol, for being such a bright spot in my days.Merriest Christmas to you and Chris. Content is a very important word, I think.
Posted by: jacki long | 12/25/2019 at 10:15 PM