Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! I hope all of you are doing well and spending the holidays with loved ones. I'm visiting my parents sisters and brother. It's very good to see everyone. I spent most of the the week shopping for christmas gifts and wrapping them. The only advantage to putting it off was able to get everyone what they wanted and get it discounted. However, I wasn't able Dad with putting up the christmas trees or Mom with cooking ;(. The dinner she made included a salad with pears and apples, . We opened presents after dinner and then had desert and played games. I helped with the dishes while drinking a couple of cups of coffee so that I would make it to the evening mass. It was very