#1 Dreaming of a white Christmas #2 Joy to the world #3 Away in a manger #4 We three kings #5 Deck the halls #6 Jingle bells #7 Noel #8 Walking in a winter wonderland #9 Go tell it on the mountain #10 I saw mommy kissing Santa Claus #11 Hark the herald angels? #12 Dashing through the snow #13 #14 #15 #16 O holy night #17 O little town of Bethehem #18 #19 Silent night #20 #21 O Christmas tree #22 Chestnuts roasting on an open fire #23 O come all ye faithful #24

My goodness Ann, does your sister not 'remember' you because she suffers from dementia (or similar) or just chooses to 'cut' you socially? I know my DH's family regard the Mother's antics/bad behaviour in an "Oh! That's Mother for you" way, but many of her antics took some beating. Many years ago her daughter H (DH's sister) and 2 small daughters (2 &3 yrs) were being driven to a town some miles away with the Mother for dentists visits etc. On the journey H and Mother had one of their many quarrels. Once there H arranged time and place to meet Mother for lunch and they parted. At the appointed hour H and kids went to the cafe and waited . . . and waited . . . Had H got the time and place wrong? Had something happened to the Mother? H spent over an hour with two very hungry and tired kids checking other eating places and worrying as she had very little money with her as this lunch was going to be Mother's treat. And how would she get home? No buses trains etc. let alone cell phones. Luckily, quite by coincidence, her husband was working in nearby branch office of his firm and rescued them. They heard nothing back from the Mother for several months and then it was for her to say she had deliberately abandoned them to 'teach H a lesson' for the quarrel. Yet they all put this down to "Oh! it's just Mother being Mother." You either have to laugh or cry.

Happy to hear everyone enjoyed our month of Dec. swap. I sure do enjoy keeping up with the group. We have lost a lot of members and I wonder what happened. Susan N. - Thanks for the birthday wishes. I really do wish my birthday had been in the Spring or Fall months. It kinda gets lost in the Christmas frenzy. Susan - Looking forward to seeing what fun we are going to have for the January swap. Everyone keep an eye out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I hope everyone had a nice Christmas day. We visited four of our five kids and their families the past two weeks. We were to have dinner with our youngest and his wife yesterday but darn if they didn’t come down with covid. They’ve been vacinnated but not boostered. She had it mild but it knocked our son down. Hubby and I had our dinner then took some over to them to drop off on the porch. We were able to see them through the window at least and what a relief to see my son was actually up. Weather is crazy here. I’m winter sowing and hoping it gets cold enough at some point. Yesterday, we broke a record high and tomorrow will almost be 70! I have my idea for January’s swap and will be posting on the 1st so keep an eye out! Time to party. Margo