
I had a really quiet Christmas and New Years this year and I really did enjoy myself. We had a traditional turkey dinner for Christmas and a quiche at New Years. I think we will have the ham we thought we would have on New Years Day later in the week. In any case, we certainly did not starve. My girlfriend and housemate and I ate well over the holidays.

This past Christmas seems to be to have been a lot less commercial for me as well. That really made it seem more like the ones in my childhood. Our Christmas tree was adorned with a lot of home crafted ornaments and we tried to just take each thing as it came instead of planning every second out. I am so glad it was so quiet and laid back. It gave me a chance to meditate on what Christmas is all about and to enjoy it all the more.