Tue, Dec 25, 2007
Christmas 2007
Posted to Miscellaneous category
Merry Christmas!
Yesterday was sunny and almost warm, with a dusting of last week's snow left on the grass and shaded places. This morning I woke up to find the weather White Christmassing all over everything. My those who need to travel today journey safely and arrive intact.
I actually put my presents under the tree this year. Dinah Kitty has been very good about no bothering the presents of the tree.
Gifts received:
Nanette (Yule) a quartz Crystal mounted to hang as a pendant chocolate truffles a Borders gift card (there is a special Borders edition of the movie Stardust that I have in mind) Jan (Yule) a candle shaped like a deer Lori (Yule) a tree-ornament sized stocking containing: an evergreen scented votive candle and a small glittery ornament Nanette (Christmas) Festive Wine -- a pretty book of translated ancient Japanese poetry illustrated with calligraphic art and block prints, with an essay on ancient Japanese poetry and commentaries on the poems a sparkly 'jeweled' owl figure Shawn (Christmas) a selection of teas in a photo storage box. Tom (Skip), Mary and Michael 500 Soups cookbook. Some of the recipes look very interesting... and I've been thinking that I should probably eat more soups since my swallowing muscles usually cooperate when I'm eating them. Aunt Irma and Uncle Tom a check that will turn into part of the saucier pan that I want Chris and family peppermint ribbon candy little peppermint candies a chocolate nutcracker candy complete First Season of the Original StartTrek (which I did not have) in the fancy storage case Larry and family The Annotated Wizard of Oz Centennial Edition The Oz Chronicles (vols 1 and 2) the 14 original L. Frank Baum stories in very nice leather bindings with gold leaf and ribbon book marks
I'm going to re-watch the excellent film version of Pratchett's Hogfather while I eat holiday bread and make some eggnog. The film is supposed to come out on DVD in this country in March -- silly time for a Christmas story to come out.
Then later I'll go all surreal by playing my recording of the "Tin Man" mini-series while reading the Annotated Wizard. I don't know when "Tin Man" will be out on DVD, but it is staying on my DVR until it does.
Dinah Kitty got a (yet another) catnip mouse in her stocking... what do you get a cat that has everything? It seems to have good strong catnip in it: she's playing with it now. When I clean up after the holidays I should discard some of the older toys that are being ignored because the catnip is worn out