Christmas in our house has reached the boisterous level that I had always hoped for. Henry is fully in on the festivities this year, though he will be sorely disappointed when he wakes up tomorrow and has not received a “shoot gun.” Four weeks ago, his only request from Santa was a toy saw. Regardless, the Santa who visits our home is a pacifist, so a saw it will be. Henry can continue to turn my dinner-time carrots into shoot guns.
We drove around looking at lights last night, and I thought how Christmas has been really cheerful and easy this year. With Eleanor and I taking violin lessons and Greg taking cello, music floats through the house. At night, Greg and I have been working on the big puzzles section that came in our NYT last Sunday. It’s a nice break from our usual reading and Netflix routine. I even figured out a gift to put in Genevieve’s stocking — an ornament engraved with her name — something that stumps me every year.
We have an elf, an elf that was a “gift” from a grandmother a few years ago. “Have you ever heard of this?” she asked. Well, we’ve been trying to avoid it for four years. Anyway, the elf is often a nuisance, but she always does a grand finale before Christmas, and that part is fun. Last night, she decorated our kitchen with bells and ribbons and 80 bows. Don’t ask how I know that it was 80.
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