A Quiet Christmas

We had the gift of three lovely, quiet days for Christmas.

On Christmas Eve Eve, I followed family tradition, and slept on the sofa by the tree. It felt like the start of a holiday! Georgie thought so, too, and decided not to sleep very much. Well, at least as not as much as *I* would have liked to. :)

On Christmas Eve Day, we did the final "fluffing" of the room, just in time for a Christmas visitor, who brought gifts! We made coffee and baked two tiny pans of chocolate chip cookies in the toaster oven.


On Christmas Eve, we ate our simple casserole by the tree, then turned to our Christmas pastimes...we played a few games of Yahtzee and enjoyed mugs of hot chocolate, with whipped cream. Then, we began a surprisingly complicated puzzle and listened to Patrick Stewart read A Christmas Carol. We stayed up into the wee hours working that puzzle, without finishing, finally stopping to read Christmas Scriptures. And then I stayed up later yet with a Christmas book... that began with the line, "It was the day before Christmas and it had been snowing hard all day."

(The Substitute Guest by Grace Livingston Hill) (It was NOT snowing here. :))


The first hour of wakefulness on Christmas Morning brought three lovely sounds... a "Merry Christmas" call from a far-away brother, the sound of rain, and then a pounding on the door announcing the arrival of a Christmas package!

A Christmas nap was in order a bit later, followed by presents and a perfect little feast enjoyed by the tree. The day was interspersed with friendly phone calls.

In the evening, it was time to return to the surprisingly complicated puzzle... with success this time!



Then, a movie. And, then, a return to my Christmas story book, which I read until the characters had completed Christmas Day...

Then, I slept.

And still had one more day of quietness left, with time to watch movies, read, and do a little needlepoint and some daydreaming about next year.

And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever. And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places;

Isaiah 32: 17-18