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Christmas isn’t supposed to be this quiet, is it?<\/p>\n

I guess it can be if that’s what you prefer.<\/p>\n

We’re winding down one of the more quieter sacred holidays of our lives together. The two of us — my wife and I — have\u00a0had 43 Christmas celebrations. This one in its odd way ranks right up there with one of the more memorable events.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Then we visited my mother-in-law briefly this evening, had a few laughs with her.<\/p>\n

Then we came home.<\/p>\n

That was it.<\/p>\n

End of “celebrating,” such as it was.<\/p>\n

These kinds of holidays do us well as we keep advancing in years. I’m sure others have experienced\u00a0the same winding down of the celebrating on this holy day.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

On this day, though\u00a0— Christmas 2014 — our memories will be etched in all the things we didn’t<\/em> do.<\/p>\n

To be honest, it was a very good day.<\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

I had taken a vow of non-snarkiness during the holiday. I’m glad\u00a0I didn’t resort to some harsh criticism during this Christmas holiday.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Stay tuned. Keep reading.<\/p>\n

If the snark returns to this blog, you’ll know it when you see it.<\/p>\n

Until then, have a great rest of the Christmas holiday.<\/p>\n

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