We finally got the outside lights up. In our neighborhood the lights go up very early. We were looking like ‘the only house on the block that doesn’t celebrate Christmas’ so getting up the luminarias etc. was a relief. Mercifully, most of the strands did not tangle and were working. We don’t have as much up as last year, but they look “good enough”. 

We also got the tree decorated. It has lots of bears on it, both ornaments and small stuffed teddies.  

We stopped being cheap turned on the heat for the first time last weekend   Flannel sheets are on the bed. Because of these two interventions I have a snuggly good night’s sleep.  

Last weekend we got the stocking stuffers and Secret Santas to UPS in time for Christmas.  I called Zingerman’s for delivery to some friends.  

We decided to limit gift giving this year, so the  few, modest Christmas prizes won’t take long to wrap. I hope he likes them.  
 

We volunteered to have the neighbors over for brunch next Sunday, so we need to plan a menu/shop/cook etc. this week.  These things tend to get out of hand. What starts as modest meal grows into a spectacle with way too many leftovers.  

I haven’t done the annual watching of “Rudolph’ and ‘Grinch’ and the George C. Scott version of “A Christmas Carol” but I hope to see them this week.   

Phew!