I wish everyone could have had as joyous and wonderful a Christmas as I did this year, with all the immediate family able to be at my house for the first time in several years, including the new grandson and the one to be born next week present as well (sorta). The holidays started for me on Dec 6 with a holiday arts event at my house, continued with 8 caroling sessions, including Christmas eve accompanying the children's dance choir at church and Christmas day at the local soup kitchen, and officially ended this afternoon when the older son and his family left for home.