Our Stockings Are Hung
We are on a Christmas roll. I wrote our annual newsletter and had it printed by the end of November, so I was able to use a coupon for cheap color printing. Our Christmas cards are several designs of Santa with flamingos from a small American company. Grant signed cards and stuck on the labels I’d printed. Cards were in the mail December 1st. We have lights out front and in the lanai; fairy lights shine in the trees. I set up decorations along the buffet and hung our stockings on the bookcase. The little battery operated lights now come with timers: 6 hours on,18 off. What a great invention. No tree, but I ordered a made-in-Maine balsam wreath that I hung inside and which makes the house smell like a forest in the morning and evenings. I am really enjoying that mixed with the gingerbread house’s aroma. This morning, I baked Santa Lucia buns, so the house smells delicious. Grant’s kimchi sandwiches sometimes overwhelm the holiday scents, but the weather is still warm enough that I ...