My family says this has been one of the best Christmas days they can remember. I'm not sure why....it has been one of the simplier ones. The days leading up to today felt like a race against time. We had the usual obligations - school, work, and church. Then there was the extra's - extra play practices, the plays themselves, Christmas parties, shopping and the best part - sickness. As far as gifts are concerned, we didn't have the resources to make it as extravagant as we would have liked. There wasn't time to bake all the traditional goodies - most went unmade. There is a gingerbread house baked, but not put together. In years past, I would have gone into a frenzy to make it all happen, but not this year. There comes a time when all you can do is all you can do, and it becomes enough. I think the simplicity is what made it good.
We woke up to a surprise - a white Christmas. I think that is another part of what makes today special. We moved to Alabama over five years ago, and have been sadly disappointed by promises of snow only to have slight dustings which melted away within minutes of falling. But today we had almost three inches of snow - and it's still around - and it's still snowing. Almost unbelievable.
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