It’s past 1:00 in the morning. Christmas Eve morning. In less than eight hours I’ll be drinking mimosas and eating caramel rolls at Charlotte’s annual holiday event she calls the Champagne Jam. I should be sound asleep but instead I’m basking in the light of the Christmas tree eating a leftover dinner roll with peanut butter.
My hands are dry for all the paper I’ve been handling tonight. Wrapping paper. All of the Christmas presents are packaged up and tied with pretty bows. I made a complete mess of the kitchen where I prepared the gifts, but by now the scraps have been thrown away and the long tub of my collection of papers and the box of ribbons are back in storage until next year.
Christmas Eve and Christmas Day will be loaded with festivities, food and family. Tonight I relish the silence. Reflections, lights on the shiny tree ornaments and thoughts in my mind, remind me of how much I have to be grateful for and how treasured this time of year is to me.
Merry Christmas to all. And to all a good night.
Auntie B's Wax 
Merry Christmas, Sara! I enjoyed reading your reflections here. Many blessings to you and your family.
Thanks you, Kathy. I hope your Christmas is lovely and that the new year is healthy and happy for you and your family!
Hoping it is full of peace and light and the odd glass of bubbly my friend.
The bubbly is flowing! My sister Charlotte and I are known as the Champagne Sisters. Can we include you as one of our sisters? Sounds like you like a flute of bubbles now and again too!
Have a very merry day, Kath!