a better christmas

Christmas Eve didn't end up being nearly as bad as it started. I managed to fight off the gloom and doom feelings and we went to the early church service. Since I was in charge of the sunday school pageant, so to speak, it was not without a little apprehension. However, it went well aprat from one disgruntled parent who flet that her child should have been allowed to play Mary despite not having attended a single rehearsal.

We had dinner with friends and returned for the candlelight service, with the kids in tow. It went very well in the end but it was 2:30am before I finally laid down to sleep.

Christmas Day proved to be mostly a happy one. Everyone was happy with their gifts and apart from a spousely squabble (which happen annoyingly often) we had a fine day. Dinner was brilliant and I chose to ignore the kids' long faces because I simply cannot understand why they dislike the food of Christmas dinner. It was hard to get them to help clean up but a happy few minutes was spent watching some classic Tom and Jerry cartoons.

We finished the day at the home of some neighbors and a pleasant time was had by all.