Merry Christmas to ALL

For ourselves and others, this is the reason for the season

If you are celebrating this holiday, we hope it will be one full of joy, love and time spent with those you love and who love you in return. (Comments are off.)

Because while today, has been called the happiest day of the year, it's not always the case for some who are alone.

Our at-home celebration has always included inviting friends to join us for Christmas Eve or Christmas Day. We'll follow that tradition this holiday too.

And, like many others, we have experienced the loss of a family member and more recently of several friends.

We are thankful to have all of them in our lives and will remember them fondly, even more at the holiday season. 

We will celebrate the family and friends, both near and far, also friends we have met and those we haven't (yet) — which includes the blogging community.

We wish all of you the happiest Christmas and the best for 2026.

Holiday decorations outside the apartments of fellow residents