In the past two weeks, I've been burning the candle at both ends in an effort to complete Christmas gifts and get my shopping completely.
Today is the let down day. That day after Christmas where the energy and emotions are down because gifts have been given and meals have been prepared and consumed.
After decades of following the same traditions, the past few years as our family has changed, we have adopted new traditions. I think that we perfected our traditions this year.
No Christmas Eve or Day major meal preparation. Instead, we have started celebrating with a Christmas Day breakfast with Swedish pancakes, cookies, specialty breads, and lots and lots of coffee.
Then, it was time for presents. I've taken to creating some sort of crafted item for each person: my two sons got cigar boxes re-purposed into boxes for their hobbies (one paints gaming figures and the other creates chain mail jewelry), each of their girlfriends got a cigar box re-purposed into a jewelry box, and the oldest's girlfriend's children each got a cigar box re-purposed into a pirates treasure chest.
Now, it's time to get back to my writing. Happy Holidays to everyone.
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