A Return to Normal

December 24-25, 2023 — For the first time since 2019 we all got together again in the same house to celebrate Christmas. COVID hasn't been completely eliminated yet — it probably never will be — but we're learning to co-exist with it thanks to vaccines and building immunity. That and the fact no one's been sick recently gave us confidence to get together again.

In sharp contrast to last Christmas which I described as one of the coldest in memory, this year was relatively balmy. Temperature was in the '50s at the end of one of the warmest years on record. An estimated thirty of us gathered at the home of my nephew and his wife for a buffet, gift exchange and one of the family's patented wild and noisy Yankee swaps.

You can see my pictorial coverage of the event at this link:

https://www.linwoodstreet.com/christmas23/