Christmas

I baked Arrowhead Mills g/f chocolate chip cookies and then Reese's cookies this morning. Then we headed to Grandma's, where we had a good lunch and lots of yummy dessert! Then over to J and E's to hang out with the kids. M helped set up the Wii, with everyone's Mii's. E liked her cookies; J was eating them too!

M and I watched Australia while eating a little dinner. Then I caught the end of Faith Hill on PBS singing her song from the Grinch movie, then the Drummer Boy. Fantastic voice she has!

I saw this link on Facebook about Christmas customs in Colonial Williamsburg. The end is the best. http://www.history.org/almanack/life/xmas/customs.cfm#viewMedia

In the late 1990s the Christmas season seems to begin right after Halloween and comes to a screeching halt by Christmas dinner (or with the first tears or first worn-out battery, whichever comes first). We emphasize the build-up, the preparation, the anticipation. Celebrants in the eighteenth century saw Christmas Day itself as only the first day of festivities. Probably because customs then were fewer and preparations simpler, colonial Virginians looked to the twelve days beyond December 25 as a way to extend and more fully savor the most joyful season of the year.