It's Christmas Day and I hope that you are having an enjoyable time with your family. We are having a quiet Christmas but there's a reason for it. One might even call it ironic.
The kids woke us up at a fairly reasonable hour, 7 a.m., and then they opened their presents. The big deal this year is that they both now have their very own Nintendo DS, which they have been coveting for some time now. I think they suspected something was up, because they were making a point of "practicing our celebration when we get the DS," per my son. They didn't suspect that they would both be getting one, but Santa was able to rally this year. So they are both insanely happy.
Here's the ironic part - because they are both playing their games and have both retreated to their respective bedrooms to do it, the house is almost freakishly quiet. You can barely hear the clattering of tinny music from their rooms down the hall, but that's it. Mrs. D received two books for Christmas and is quickly devouring one of them, so she's pretty much silent, too. And I sit in front of Pandora the computer, typing away quietly.
Christmas is a time for togetherness. And we are all together. But it's a strange sort of togetherness. Perhaps once the novelty has worn off, we'll actually resume talking to one another....
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