To my readers

It's Christmas Day. I've had a good day. Mostly alone. I watched Christmas specials on PBS. Ate some Christmas cookies that I shouldn't have. Turned on my Christmas tree and my Christmas village and enjoyed the lovely quiet.

I hope you enjoyed the 2010 Harbor Street Christmas celebration. This year, despite me being sick through most of it, I thought it turned out nice. I especially enjoyed the guest posts from Doug Matlock, Jean Schara, and Eric Collier. The recipes from Michelle, Beverly, and my sister were excellent. Next year – although it's too soon to be thinking about next year – I'm going to try to have more guest posts and more guest recipes.

I thought The Clerk's Tale from Tales from Bethlehem was a nice addition even though was a bit odd. My plan is to collect all the Tales from Bethlehem into the book as soon as I have enough of them. I think I need about five more Tales to have enough pages.

My Christmas continues through this week. I have a couple of more Christmases to participate in. Including the one for my siblings and their families. I always enjoy seeing them.

I received several beautiful Christmas cards this year. I scanned in the ones that I could, but many of them had glitter on them, and I could not run them through my scanner since it is a feed scanner. I also received several beautiful photo Christmas cards, but I couldn't share them because I didn't have the senders' permission to put their photos on the Internet.

I always miss my parents at Christmas. I wish they were still with us. My daddy loved Christmas. My mama made the best Christmas dinners. And they loved me muchly. But, life is good. I cannot complain.

I hope your Christmas Day was filled with love, laughter, and joy. I know many people find Christmas to be depressing; there's a lot of pressure on us all to make this the best day of the year. It's a good day, but it doesn't have to be the best day. Nothing in this world is perfect. Give yourself a break.

Now, there is a piece of pumpkin pie that's calling to me. I think I'll go and enjoy it. Good night, God bless, and Merry Christmas.

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