Now that the season is over, I realize that I spent most of it sick in bed - too sick to send out any Christmas letters even though most of them had been finished by the time, too sick to make that Gingerbread house I promised my daughter to make with her, or cookies, or to decorate the house. Our only visitor at Holy Evening was the emergency doc. But I am fine now and a few pounds lighter, uncharacteristically so for this season. Plus my husband managed to, well, manage the situation: Finish work, entertain child, get tree, put it up, entertain child, decorate it, prepare meals, prepare extra meals for queasy wife, go to the drugstore, shop, entertain child, wrap presents - better than I could have done- and as a result, we had a peaceful Christmas and Happy New Year, and my daughter is, as she is every year, convinced she had the best christmas of her life. Kudos to my husband!

My daughter, however, made about 30 Christmas cards she is very proud of. My family and close friends are getting them anyway, but lots of more distant family or colleagues won't, simply because the season is over.

We're going to bake those cookies and make the house anyways, snow is still lying for a while too, and there's no reason not to catch up on all that she's missed (and I have too).

So, would any of you want to help me prolong the season by getting and appreciating one of these cards? Answers are optional, if I tell my daughter they've been sent she'd think that's great already. Seriously. Because otherwise, they'll just lie around for a while - they're too many of them to put them all in the family album. They ought to be sent!

"Hoher Sinn liegt oft im kindischen Spiel." (Friedrich Schiller)

Well Twelfth Night is not until the 6th in the UK, so a little extension on the festivities would not be amiss. Considering we are still trying to demolish our supply of Christmas cake at the end February, we don't consider it over until then.

I'd love a late season card. I'll clacks my address to you later.



Good to hear you are feeling better now. Let's hope nothing else spoils your late festivities.

I wouldn't mind one either, I'm sure the snow is going to hang around here for several more months, yesterday the high temp was -8 F and it is supposed to drop to -28 tonight, just in time for me to go back to work, Yay!. I'm sorry you were stricken, my cold only happened after Christmas so I did get to make my cookies and my "mice". Chocolate Christmas mice are fun to make with kids, I'll send you the directions if you 'd like.

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I'd love one, it'll make being back at work while its sunny and warm outside seem less bad...

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You'll get one! I may be able to post them on Monday - we're leaving for an appartment scouting trip for Berlin tomorrow, our car is frozen -literally- and we don't get to the post office today anymore. (Sorry for the bad grammar, somehow my English is failing me right now.)

"Hoher Sinn liegt oft im kindischen Spiel." (Friedrich Schiller)

I've been ill all Chistmas too, still feeling bad now. I don't even like Christmas that much but really wanted to give it a go this year, but got the dreaded swine flu on the 22nd and it's still hanging around!

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I feel your pain; over a month later and I'm still not fully back to normal after swine flu...

I live too far away. Sorry, but Happy Holidays.
I hope everyone is feeling better.

Time flies like an arrow
Fruit flies prefer a banana

Lyia, I'm sending to Spiky, she lives in Australia... Those are going to be the lates Christmas greetings ever. A bit like, Easter Claus meets the Snow Bunny.

"Hoher Sinn liegt oft im kindischen Spiel." (Friedrich Schiller)

Except the snow bunnies here are surf bunnies, which are distant cousins with a better tan.

PhD Student: Research information sheet

There once was a man named Bruce
Who liked to sit on a spruce
He ate lots of chowder
And yelled at me louder:
"I'm talking to YOU, Mrs. Hughes!"
--> The Literary Genius: Mowgli

Well then I would love a homemade Chriseaster card. Those are the best! And since there is a chance that snow might still be on the ground come Easter where I live it's perfect.

Time flies like an arrow
Fruit flies prefer a banana

Are there any left? Can I have a Malin-made card?

Mrs G
The Garner who cares.

But yes! Round one went out on Friday, round to will be on its way tomorrow!

"Hoher Sinn liegt oft im kindischen Spiel." (Friedrich Schiller)

If there are any left, I would love one! Our adress will be changing as we're moving on the 1st so I can send you my work address if you like?

Damn Spider pig

That would be cool!

"Hoher Sinn liegt oft im kindischen Spiel." (Friedrich Schiller)