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Kathleen, you are correct - Christmas is a season, not a day. We start celebrating the first Sunday of Advent. The grandkids love that the entire month of December is dedicated to celebrating Jesus (and I do too). Making Jesse tree ornaments, Christmas cookies and Ginger bread houses is tradition here. The Ginger bread house thing turned into a bit of a problem this year because participants were sick while making them or became sick within a day. All I could see when I looked at those decorated houses was several big bacterial cultures - I threw them all out. Didn't want anyone to be tempted to eat any of the candy coated treasures. Happy New Year!! --------- Mary Ann > > Thank you for the Christmas wishes – sounds like your Christmas Day was > memorable. I'm sure your daughter and her family greatly appreciated the > soup. And I am glad that your joy was unstoppable! > > I had an epiphany this year. I realized the stress I feel at Christmas is > connected with its being a one-day high-stakes event with a deadline and a > countdown, But Christmas can be viewed not as a day, but as a season that > lasts a couple of weeks, and if you don't bring off the festivities with > military precision on the 25th, the 26th is still Christmas. I figure > the last day is January 6. That gives me plenty of time to buy a present > or > two I didn't get around to, and to send out New Year's cards! > > So, wishing you and all who celebrate it a wonderful Christmas season, > and good things in the new year! > > Kathleen > > > On Wednesday, December 25, 2013, Mary Ann Ryan wrote: > >> A very Merry Christmas to everyone. Several family members, including >> my >> daughter's family (they live with me) have a stomach flu so Christmas >> celebrations have been cancelled. Instead of having a standing rib >> roast, >> I will be making turkey soup. One of my Christmas presents to my son and >> daughter-in-law will be that soup so that they can heal. >> >> Nothing stops the spirit of Christmas in this house, however. So we will >> continue to share our love, joy and a few presents. I love Christmas. >> ------- >> Mary Ann >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto: >> [log in to unmask] >> In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn