Officially Merry Christmas now, y’all! Our service went reasonably well - minor confusion and starting off on the total wrong note are par for the course. After we got home, we ate the fruit-basket arrangement. I’ll put up pictures of it, pre-eating, tomorrow. There’s nothing left but kale, now, and the dragons will eat that for breakfast.
Anoreth is due in at 0600 EST. She texted from the airport. All kids under 14 are in bed, yippee. Bill’s “syncking his iPod” and Tom is watching the steampunk “Sherlock Holmes,” with Robert Downey Jr. apparently off drugs. I’m thinking of going to bed, in case I have to pick up Seaman Petunia in the morning. It depends on Frank!
How do you roast chestnuts on an open fire? How many states ban open fires.
I once saw a chest made from chestnut wood, They kept assorted nuts in it.
Where did those threes ships come from, You know the one that the guy saw come sailing in on Christmas day in the morning. We also so have a present future tense thing going I don’t understand?
My sister told me Santa won’t come around her area because all the hunters keep shooting at the reindeer.
good night
Merry Christmas
When you get a chance to watch it, you’ll enjoy it too.
I didn’t expect to enjoy it, but I was wrong. Willing suspension of disbelief had nothing to do with it.
It was like “RED”. A lot of action.
I thought Holmes was okay, if you didn’t expect it to be like the books. The characters had the same names, but it was like an alternate universe or something.
Tomorrow you can hear about my excellent airport adventure. It is a heartwarming tale, full of suspense with a little action scattered throughout. Like an episode of walker Texas ranger.
But no romance.
And Merry Christmas to you too. Our service went pretty well -- what confusion there was occurred before the service began.
I was supposed to read the second lesson (of five) and the Epistle, but I couldn't find the Epistle for Christmas Eve in the Book of Common Prayer -- there was a reading from Titus given, so I assumed it was something from the Anglican Missal and prepared accordingly, using my combined BCP/KJV. I missed the fact that there's a second Collect/Epistle/Gospel set for Christmas in the BCP and that we were using that. So I was able to read the Epistle direct from the service book.
But our Deacon, who was to read the first lesson, wasn't coming, so I was asked to read that instead of the second. No problem, particularly as the lessons were printed and in the service book on its lectern.
A few little other things, but we punted and it was lovely -- though I see now we skipped the Decalogue. Maybe another punt by the Rector.
May you have a happy celebration with Seaman Petunia tomorrow.
Official Merry Christmas to everyone from the fanfan homestead!