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| Elderly Annie does not bother the ornaments these days, but does enjoy sitting under the tree and chewing on it. |
We've been continuing to do a bit of this and that, getting in the Christmas spirit. Last night, we drove around with Christmas music playing, looking at lights. One of the local realtors sponsors a light contest. People enter, he produces a map, and then people vote on their favorite. The winner gets their December electric bill paid for by him.
So, armed with the contest map and some Christmas CDs, we set out. Some of the displays were huge like you see on TV, and others were more scaled down, but pretty all the same. We went along the route for a while when we found a neighborhood with great lights on almost every house. It was good enough that I will tell my friends about it. After that, it was getting late, so we went home and hoped to pick up the route another night.
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| Flowers from Ward |
I've wrapped more presents and delivered my gifts to work. Speaking of work, Ward sent me a lovely Christmas arrangement at work the other day just because. He's nice that way. We had plans for Christmas and Christmas Eve, but they are up in the air now. Some work schedules may change, and Wally and Theo have COVID. The timing is just so that they may or may not be able to be out and about by Christmas. We shall see. We will save our immediate family celebration until we can all be together and do what's safest for everyone.
When I was growing up, after my oldest sister married, we waited to open presents and celebrate Christmas until she could be there. More often than not, it was after Christmas Day. The rule was that you could open any presents from friends on Christmas, but no family presents. I didn't mind. In fact, sometimes I didn't do my shopping until after Christmas when everything was on sale. I liked that. :)
I've been making candies to give out for some gifts. And, of course, I had to do quality control and sample along the way. If I'm going to do full disclosure about that, I feel a little like I'm on sugar overload right now. Good thing I made a pot of vegetable soup earlier. Maybe the soup and the candy will cancel each other out. :)
Gotta get ready for work this evening, so
Until next time...
