Can you believe Christmas will be here in only 7 days? As the days tick down to my favorite holiday there is much to do around the Rose homestead.
We have activities going on three nights this week plus lots of baking for me to do. This year, I'm doing three kinds of candy, four kinds of cookies and a traditional fruitcake for Scott and Pops. Adam will be helping too!
Christmas this year will of course be different. Like Thanksgiving, it will be quieter and more relaxed. And for the first time since Scott and I met, we get to stay home for most of the two days! Christmas Eve, we'll go to church in the morning then do a special Christmas craft with Adam. In the evening, we'll go to Grammy & Pops' Place and have Turducken for dinner and open presents. We'll also partake in the Wolfer tradition of snowballs and "Silent Night". On Christmas morn, everyone will come here for breakfast complete with aebelskivers, a Rose family tradition. The rest of the day will be for relaxation and playing with presents.
We both continue to be grateful for the friends God has brought us in our new hometown. This last week alone we had five different social events with new friends. The coming week brings Couples night tonight, our church-sponsored viewing of "The Nativity Story" on Tuesday, church Christmas dinner on Wednesday, and Christmas caroling on Friday.
New friends are a wonderful gift from God but old friends are cherished gifts also. We think about you all often. Merry Christmas!
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