Let it snow
Ah, what a wonderful day. The temperature was climbing, heading towards the 90s, and what are we doing? Why my wife and sister-in-law were busy making our turkey dinner. Yes, since we had missed our traditional Christmas, we had planned on celebrating Christmas in July. So earlier this week we cut down a tree (one of the benefits of having your own personal tree farm is that you're not tied down to society's calendar), set it up and decorated it. Christmas carols have been wafting from the stereo. Little presents have been purchased, wrapped and placed with care under the tree. And today was the big day. They started the big dinner baking in the morning and a bit after noon we sat down to turkey, mashed potatoes, all sorts of veggies and salads. Afterwards we napped. Then we sang some Christmas carols and finished up by eating the dessert we had no room for earlier.
Of course, it was a bit lacking. Instead of nice snuggly sweaters we were wearing shorts and short sleeved shirts. And of course, none of the churches in the area were having Christmas services. Still it feels like a holiday and it was a nice little time for family. Plus we have just as many leftovers as we would have had in December....
posted by John @ 7:40 PM
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