Good afternoon! Christmas day has not disappointed so far, with it following the schedule in this post pretty closely. The turkey is cooking merrily (?) in the oven and in anticipation I’ve kept my food consumption light with a brunch of chili and three gingerbread cookies.

There’s something about Christmas that encourages contemplation and a desire to be quiet and reflect on the past year. In fact, I find that Christmas more than December 31 makes me think of the end of the year and all those things I wanted to do but did not quite get around to doing. This year is definitely the fastest moving year I’ve had and I can’t wait to do my annual quiz and use that as a tool to reflect.

A coworker reminded me that this will be my last Christmas in the family home! Even if I wake up at the crack of dawn next December 25 and drive over, or if I sleep over on Christmas eve (an idea that just occurred to me), I don’t think it’ll be quite the same. Just thinking of this got me thinking about visiting my family in general and hoping that living nearly 30 years with my parents is a guarantee that I’ll never feel like a stranger or out of it with respect to knowing what’s going on. I’m not sure if it’s my natural nosiness or my closeness to the family that’s making me want to still be “in the know” with respect to the family.

Anyway, I’m all in favour of enjoying Christmas 2008 and wishing you a very Merry Christmas and best wishes for the new year!

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