Stacy Jo sits in front of her new name plate for her new deskand office position at Midwest. (a gift from her Uncle Jay). She is also working on an
impossibly difficult puzzle. It was put away after everyone left.
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Christmas began for me during ‘A Christmas Carol’ at the Guthrie on Saturday, December 23. The new Guthrie has great seats and view of the Mississippi. During this mild winter, and having just returned from balmy Florida, it took Dickens haunting ghosts of Christmas to draw me into the spirit of the holiday.
Lisa, Greg, Eli and Jacob arrived after a long (16 hour) car trip from Bozeman on Dec 23 to celebrate our first ‘Red Wing’ Christmas. Stacy moved in for the 4 day holiday and John, Jill and Jean arrived on the 24th. For the next 48 hours we watched movies, played games, took walks, went caroling in my neighborhood, ate, drank, laughed, played with Lily and simply hung out enjoying each others company.
Lisa, Greg, Eli and Jacob arrived after a long (16 hour) car trip from Bozeman on Dec 23 to celebrate our first ‘Red Wing’ Christmas. Stacy moved in for the 4 day holiday and John, Jill and Jean arrived on the 24th. For the next 48 hours we watched movies, played games, took walks, went caroling in my neighborhood, ate, drank, laughed, played with Lily and simply hung out enjoying each others company.
Our Christmas feast began at 6pm Christmas Eve with a poem, an organic turkey and gluten-free bread, in addition to the staples of mashed potatoes, green beans and warm rolls. During dinner we practiced singing The Chipmunk Christmas Song…
Christmas, Christmas time is near,
Time for toys and time for cheer,
We've been good, but we can't last
Hurry Christmas, hurry fast,
Want a plane that loops the loop,
Me, I want a hula hoop,
We can hardly stand the wait,
Please Christmas, don't be late.
We had to get the lyrics just right so that we could serenade my neighbor ‘YoBaby’ who put luminary Christmas lights all up and down my sidewalk. After dinner we ran to her house next door, knocked on the door and when she saw us she screamed, ran away and came back with her camera, family members and a tray of cookies. We sang a couple of songs – haunting any Christmas ghosts that might have been lurking around the neighborhood and went back home to settle in for games and pumpkin pie.
We had to get the lyrics just right so that we could serenade my neighbor ‘YoBaby’ who put luminary Christmas lights all up and down my sidewalk. After dinner we ran to her house next door, knocked on the door and when she saw us she screamed, ran away and came back with her camera, family members and a tray of cookies. We sang a couple of songs – haunting any Christmas ghosts that might have been lurking around the neighborhood and went back home to settle in for games and pumpkin pie.
Christmas Eve turned to Christmas morning without having gone to bed. (I did capture some of our evening in pictures - see other posts). We weren’t waiting for Santa Clause in this house so sleeping in Christmas morning was part of the plan.
We spent Christmas day watching movies, eating and taking naps. Two of our Christmas movies were ‘Little Miss Sunshine’ and ‘Finding Nemo’ both fun family movies. We also managed to watch ‘The Grinch’ and ‘Charlie Brown Christmas’ old holiday favorites.
It was a long car trip back to Montana for Lisa and Greg, a flight back to Florida for Jean and a flight back to Michigan for Eli and Jacob on December 26, 2006. All agreed we could have used one more day together to go out, see a movie, and maybe hit the Mall of America. The time went by so fast, but what a wonderful time it was. I’m so happy to have had my family at my new house in Red Wing for Christmas 2006!
Thank you all for coming and Happy New Year!!
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