i'm dreaming of a white christmas.
it's currently the day before christmas eve (christmas eve eve, as some like to call it), and i'm watching some snow fall from the sky. none of it's sticking, but i have high hopes that if it lasts long enough into the evening, it'll get cold enough for the snow to stay. i mean, i know that plenty of people survive christmas with no snow, but i'm from MINNESOTA people. a green/brown christmas is simply unacceptable. there must be snow so when we put on our parkas, it feels like there is a reason for it. so yes, i'm dreaming of a white christmas in a big, desperate way.
we've got some big holiday plans lined up for the next few days. celebrating christmas with both our families and both our extended families, seeing friends in town, and my favorite: watching amelia open presents and hang out with her aunts, uncles and grandparents. i'm so excited to see everyone and i can't wait to watch amelia slightly comprehend christmas this year. she's opened a couple presents already and has REALLY enjoyed that process, so it's shaping up to be a hilarious wonderful christmas morning. i'm so excited that i'm tingly and a little twitchy and i'm fairly certain i'll want to stay up all night long until everything starts. totally casual and normal, i swear.
and now for the love...
i hope that all of you are with people you love this christmas, and that you feel so much grace and peace surrounding you during this time. i am so thankful for all of you (i've said it before and i'm saying it again, because it's true). every time i get to interact with one of you, whether it's in the comments of a post, online talking about a recipe or a cocktail that you tried, or in person talking about our lives, it brings me so much joy. i write here for me, yes, but i also write for you, in the hopes that something i make or something i share will inspire you. and so even though i don't know most of you, i'm wishing you a merry christmas all the same, and i mean it from the bottom of my heart.
may your days be merry and bright, and may all your christmases be white.
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