Vicki's Christmas

I made all the delicious food items as mentioned previously. Some has been eaten and some is in my freezer. I gave away some of the Christmas cookies and I ate the rest.

I did not have turkey at home this year but I did have some turkey sausage for breakfast Christmas morning.

I went to the service at St. John's at 10:15. There was a fair number of folks there. We went around the creche for most of the service. I remember being there on other Christmas mornings with my mom - she often came to Ottawa at Christmas.

The trip to Morrisburg for a meal was very nice. The roads were dry and it was sunny. My friend's house was easy to find. There was lots of family there and there was a place at the table for me. The dog was kept out of the way but she did not seem to be too upset. The new granddaughter was much admired.

I had some nice Christmas presents including a fair number of bunny items - a pin, a notebook, some kleenex, some napkins and some honey - all with bunny designs or connections.

I thought I had missed the Queen's message but there it was on YouTube on the Royal Channel. There were some videos of a very young Prince Charles. She wished everyone a very happy Christmas. I think that is an English expression.

I had Christmas emails and cards just like Abra did. It is always nice to get some unexpected ones from friends.

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Of course I was remembering Christmases past on Princess Street in Lachute.
I could almost hear my mom saying
- is it time to put on the Christmas tree lights?
- how is our fire doing in the fireplace?
- do you need to bring in more wood?

When I did go out for the wood, the back door would jingle with the Christmas bells hanging on it.