It doesn’t really matter which day of Christmas this is. They’ve all been very pleasant.
\nDear Husband and I were Empty Nesters on Christmas Eve, and chose to have dinner at Mother’s church, followed by the traditional candlelight service. Christmas Day we traveled to celebrate with his children and our grandchildren. I swear, the girls could open a toy store!!! *S*
\nThis year has been very laid back, and low key, and comfortable. I didn’t get the tree decorated, but we’ve really enjoyed the lights. I was battling with two fake trees that had light problems, and decided to quit fussing with the smallest one. We have a fake Sitka spruce tree that is up year ’round with ornaments that my quilting bee has given to me. Dear Husband felt that tree was enough! And you know…..I think it was, too, but it was in the foyer so that everyone would see it as people came into the house. As we wrapped gifts, we put them under that tree. Perhaps next year it will have a more prominent place in our living room.
\nThe last few days before Christmas I made non-Christmas cookies. With the exception of Russian Tea Cakes and Sugar Crisp which I only make at Christmas, the rest were cookies I might have made through out the year. DH asked for Spicy Nut Slices. I used a store-bought peanut butter cookie mix as the base for fudge tarts. I tried an apricot\/walnut\/coconut bar cookie that wasn’t “much of a much” as my Mother would have said. I tried a pumpkin cookie that made SEVENTY-TWO COOKIES!!! I have them with nuts, and without, with icing, and without, and some with nuts AND icing! lol I guess this was the year of the pumpkin cookie!
\nI boxed a lot of those cookies to give away, but there are all together too many of them left. DH has more restraint than I do. I’m getting a lot more sugar in my diet than I usually do.
\nI did get decorations up around the house. I started with wreaths, swags and garland outside, and then put up two fresh evergreen wreaths inside. I love the scent that I can smell from my recliner. Stockings, mistletoe, the elf that Mother made, scented candles, a candlewick angel my oldest sister made, and other odds and ends that are always a part of our decorations made it up. I have the quilted wallhanging that Mother and I collaborated on hanging in the hallway with a paper-pieced wallhanging that features Christmas fabrics.
\nWe didn’t ignore the traditions, we were just making a few new ones. *S*
\nI hope your Christmas has been as lovely as mine, and I wish the best for you this coming year!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
It doesn’t really matter which day of Christmas this is. They’ve all been very pleasant. Dear Husband and I were Empty Nesters on Christmas Eve, and chose to have dinner at Mother’s church, followed by the traditional candlelight service. Christmas … Continue reading