Wink?

Really, though. For those of you who celebrate Christmas (or any pagan variation lol), how's the decorating going? What are you doing this year?

Post pictures of your tree! Or I don't know, you in a Santa hat. Next to your tree.

Tree at my dad's:


Tree at my moms':


This year is an odd year for my family. It's our first Christmas since my mom's mother died (add to that my aunt - mom's sister - lost her husband on Christmas Eve a few years ago). Also, my grandmother on Jennifer's side (she's my mom's partner) was recently in the hospital for some stuff so we're putting off any visits with that part of the family until January. And then mom has surgery the 27th, so that, too, will color our Christmas a little differently this year. Still, it isn't so much what happens on a particular day for me, it's the spirit of the entire season. As long as we come out of this Christmas with an awareness of how much love we have for one another... I think I'm good.

Aaaanyway. I've also baked cookies and made peppermint bark. And I've been to two Christmas parties, one of them semi-formal.

Also, it was 70 degrees (F) today.

(P.S. Don't worry about sympathies for my family, I'm not looking for any, we've actually got it really good. Just sort of stating things as they are.)