CHRISTMAS 2020

 

 

This has been an unusual Christmas season. With the pandemic, following the safety rules as much as possible,  prevented us from having the usual family activities. No large Christmas Dinner together, no tree cutting trip together, no real tree in the house, no family gift exchange together all seemed a bit surreal.

However, there were some small miracles and magic along the way. We ended up with more lights than usual. Even placed a tree on the deck. We added lights inside the house also. Pat prepared her Apple pies for everyone and we delivered them as well as gifts. She also prepared the Sauerbraten and me the Sauerkraut soup for each family. This is usually our Big Christmas meal celebrated together. We Skyped with everyone including the Germans on the 26. It snowed Christmas Eve giving us a white Christmas Day. We found a doll for the our german granddaughter, her Christmas wish after searching for months.We enjoyed the time on Christmas Eve as we Skyped with my sisters and my brother. 

So even though the pandemic has changed this holiday season we manged and survived. We will remember this Christmas for years and I am sure we will discuss it every Christmas to come in the future.

Our  mantle decorated for the holiday season.

The warmth of the season.

Santa arrived as usual.