Christmas isn’t supposed to be this quiet, is it?

I guess it can be if that’s what you prefer.

We’re winding down one of the more quieter sacred holidays of our lives together. The two of us — my wife and I — have had 43 Christmas celebrations. This one in its odd way ranks right up there with one of the more memorable events.

Our house decorations consisted mainly of a few lights outside. We didn’t go all out this year as we’ve done in years past. We cooked a stew all day in the slow cooker. Our son and his girlfriend, and her two daughters, came over for a light meal before they shoved off for an evening of frolic and fun with her parents.

Then we visited my mother-in-law briefly this evening, had a few laughs with her.

Then we came home.

That was it.

End of “celebrating,” such as it was.

These kinds of holidays do us well as we keep advancing in years. I’m sure others have experienced the same winding down of the celebrating on this holy day.

Well, it’s not entirely over just yet. We’ll see more family over the next couple of days. And we’ll have our share of good times and giggles.

On this day, though — Christmas 2014 — our memories will be etched in all the things we didn’t do.

To be honest, it was a very good day.

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I had taken a vow of non-snarkiness during the holiday. I’m glad I didn’t resort to some harsh criticism during this Christmas holiday.

Tomorrow is another day. I’m not going to make any further guarantees that the contents of this blog will be free of some barbs.

Stay tuned. Keep reading.

If the snark returns to this blog, you’ll know it when you see it.

Until then, have a great rest of the Christmas holiday.