December 25, 2005

Xmas Day Anticipation

I am very much looking forward to Christmas dinner tomorrow! There are going to be fourteen adults here, and I am not stressed a single bit—does that mean I’ve grown up? :-) I’m even going to set two tables, which really makes me feel that I’ve arrived.

We had a lovely Christmas Eve at Jennifer & Stepan’s house. Funny—it turns out the Lucios are no more biddable than the Karls, much to Stepan’s good-natured dismay. The whole evening was joyful and convivial, and the fish-head soup was particularly tasty, I thought. Thanks for hosting it, J & S.

P.S. [five minutes later] I just read an article in the Daily Telegraph, an English newspaper, that says that extended family gatherings are on the way out and that at least a third of all Christmas gatherings this year in England will have no more than four people, and that only 25% of gatherings will include people beyond immediate family (children, parents, grandparents). The article goes on to say that “We are choosing to spend the day with the people who matter to us most and with people we can tolerate”—and that is true for me (and all of us, I surmise), and I’m so glad that’s not limited to four people!

Posted by elizabeth at December 25, 2005 02:27 AM
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