Merry Christmas! What a wonderful, wonderful time of the year! On the 23rd, we went to a wedding! It was so beautiful. Cathy, Phil’s sister, walked down a winding, dark wood staircase with her dad and met the groom in front of a large fireplace decorated with white candles, Christmas boughs and a star. All the guests stood around the bride and groom. It was so romantic for Phil and me that I could not help tearing up just a little bit. It was elegant and cozy, relaxed and lovely.
The next day at noon, we all met for brunch at a restaurant overlooking Lake Geneva on a sparkling sunny day. Then, we came home and enjoyed a relaxing Christmas Eve around our own tall Christmas tree and cozy fire on Cascade Mountain. Now, we are on our way to Whitecap Ski Resort, listening to Christmas carols and watching the snow get deeper throughout the North Woods. Tonight we will meet our friends, Kyle and Jill, for dinner, and then we’ll watch the Packers as we build our traditional gingerbread house. In the morning, it’s time for skiing.
This year I seem to be enjoying Christmas more and more even though I am doing less and less. Perhaps, it is precisely because we did so little that we are enjoying it so much. The wedding, the reception, the brunch and the vacation were all planned by others. We never even got around to putting up stockings or ornaments on the tree. I just put bows on all the presents for family and friends. The girls each received a new blow dryer wrapped in blankets under the tree. Cathy’s wedding gift was bought, wrapped and shipped from my laptop computer. My students received stamped paper bags containing a calculator, ornament and candy. The closest we came to watching a Christmas movie was laughing at the holiday episode of our favorite TV show, The Middle, on DVD. Phil and I are sure that the writers of that show have installed a hidden camera in our house just to get new material.
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