Only kidding. But once upon a time we were that crazy. More than once. It was when we got spooked at the crowd and getting trampled that we said, "no more."
It's quiet here. Our fun tonight will consist of raiding our stockpile (4) of Guinness non-alcoholic. Maybe a movie. Maybe not midnight. But after packing it in since November, at least one of us is ready for a breather. Or, as Annie said, time to get our social battery recharged.
Our last letter saw us in London with a few days to go. One of those days, grace à our sneaky children, we went with Joe and Thomas down to the Weat End to see Les Mis. Fantastic. It's our third time seeing it on stage and this might have been the best. The longest running musical in London.
We got back home with a few days to spare before Christmas and did lite decorations. We had a tree and a few items around the house make it seem Christmasy here.
How was your big day? Joe and family were in Portugal with Leonor's expansive family. Lots of cousins for Thomas, John and Luisa. Margaret and Andrew, after opening presents, headed to Jeff and Melodie's for brunch. Should I mention Simon's stretching out in the pew for Christmas Eve service? Oops I just did.
Annie and Sankar were with us in spirit and on the phone. Physically, they were in Chennai and found a church service and a favorite restaurant meal.
We heard that in Fairport they had somewhere between 18 and 30 people over for dinner. (My bad memory.). Nice traditions
Claire made it a party out in East Dundee. And her kitty too. Great photos from Colorado I should add.
And we saw other pictures of Kiernan and Ronan opening presents and hosting Johanna and Janet who drove down for a visit.
Back here, we had a Christmas Eve dinner with Corinne, Michael, Maura and Elsie, Dan Boyle's daughters. Lots of laughter - interesting to hear the mostly unvarnished perspectives of their parents. Pretty sure our children don't talk about us, but i learned that Joe, Margaret and Annie have their own WhatsApp group. Now why would they need that?
The next day, we went to church, maybe the first time in decades that we actually went on Christmas Day. Later, Colleen, Robbie and his partner Kim came over for cookies and tea!! More laughter. That's what Christmas is about too, right?
The rest of the highlights come down to weather and illness. David, Marilyn, Joe, Thomas, Luisa, Laura and probably unnamed others came down with some versions of cold, flu and even Covid. We too got sick in London (probably shared it with Joe) but we recovered by Christmas.
It's cold outside and we've joined many of you in hunkering down through various forms of precipitation. Uggh.
So 2025 is a wrap. Put a bow on it and move on to a better year ahead.
Love from the frigid north.
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