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Merry Christmas

This Christmas is so different for so many of us. Vince is in Texas. I’m in Missouri. I will get to spend some part of the day with Chad, Nicole and Addie and I’m so thankful for that. For those who are not celebrating with family, I hope you will get to video chat or facetime or whatever is available.

I celebrate Christmas and assume that most of my readers do also. If Christmas isn’t what you’re celebrating this season, or if you celebrate nothing today, I still wish you a wonderful day

The world, our country, some families – there’s so much turmoil. There’s sickness and fear of sickness. It’s easy to lose hope but for those of us who celebrate the Christian meaning of Christmas, may we never lose hope and may we be reminded to remain faithful to what we believe; turn to those who are like believers and those who love you for support.

I hope you all have a great Christmas and I hope and pray that next year at this time, we’re able to look back at Christmas, 2020 and be thankful we survived and things are back to normal, and we can all safely spend Christmas with our families.

This is a good time to say this, but I hope you all know this all year. I love and appreciate all of you. I truly feel like you’re all my friends. I appreciate your advice, your suggestions, your comments. This blog is such an important part of my life and it wouldn’t be anything to me without you!

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  1. Happy Christmas to you and Vince. We had a 2 hour zoom with our family as we are staying safe here at home, all very different but was fun. Blessings to all your readers.

  2. A very Merry Christmas to you, Judy. I am home alone but I love visiting this blog and seeing what you’ve been up to. It’s like visiting with a friend. Thank you for always being your lovely chatty self. It’s a wonderful gift you give to all of us.

  3. Merry Christmas, Judy!! Have a wonderful time sharing Christmas with Addie, Chad and Nicole. Say hi to Vince 🙂

  5. Merry Christmas. I enjoy your blog. It is first every morning and sometimes during the day. Hugs.

  7. Merry Christmas Judy! I’m sure you will have a wonderful day with Chad, Nicole and Addie. We will have our two boys, their families and our daughter-in-law, Nicole’s parents here for the day. We are so blessed to be all well and able to get together.

    We, too, celebrate the birth of Jesus over 2000 years ago…..bringing true hope to the world. My prayer is that all would come to know Him and the peace (in this crazy world) that only He can bring.

  15. Judy, sending warm wishes for a Merry Christmas and a most wonderful New Year to you, Vince and your entire family – critters included. Thank you for your informative yet fun blog.

  16. Merry Christmas Judy and Vince – Boots and Rita! It is just the 2 of us. We have never had a Christmas or Thanksgiving just the 2 of us – before kids it was spent with our parents – and then the kids – and the grandkids. It is different, but relaxed which is kind of nice. We did a 7 hour driving loop and dropped presents off at daughters’ houses for the grandkids on Tuesday, So we got to see all the grandkids even if only briefly. Even our meal plans are different this year! Hoping to get some knitting done today as I have 2 KALs to finish up!

  18. Merry Christmas Judy! We’re with our children and grandchildren, as they have been in our “bubble” from the start. We FaceTime with our youngest in Florida and I finished the sweater! I’ll send you a picture. Bound it off this morning! Hope your day is wonderful!

  19. Wishing you and your family a very merry Christmas and a happy, healthy and safe 2021. I enjoy your friendship and I thoroughly enjoy every rabbit hole we’ve gone down. I’ve jumped on the cross stitch train right along with you and Denise. This year has been so stressful for a multitude of reasons and reading your blog every morning (and often in the afternoons) brightens my day. I thank you for that. Maybe we can meet up in mid-MO one of these days.

  20. Merry Christmas Judy. I am proud to call you my friend. Things have not been good this year for anyone, but it is going to be better, I just know it. We are staying home and only going to the pharmacy, grocery store and Tractor Supply for our dogs food and birdseed. No unnecessary trips. I hope Vince is back with you soon and you are together. I pray no one else dies or has ill effects from this disease. I pray for the families who have lost loved ones this past year and pray God will lead them. No matter the cause of the death all lives matter and it is sad to see our loved ones go. Take care my friend and know it is an honor to call you friend! You have been a mentor to me and I love and appreciate that. Happy New Year to all of you!

  21. Merry Christmas! Definitely hoping for a better year next year! I have to admit I wasn’t in the Christmas spirit this year but the last couple of days it started to turn around. We had a very nice day today Facetiming with my husband’s family and then I spent time in a video call with my sisters. One of them has just recovered from covid so it really was good to see her. We’re hoping that next year we’ll be able to actually be together. I hope that Vince will settle things in Texas sooner than later and you can be reunited again.

  24. Merry Christmas a day late, but it has been rather crazy here and I am just now getting on internet. Sounds as though you had a beautiful day of love and memories made. You carry me through many a day Judy with your stories and thoughts and I Thank God every day for You. May Christ remain in all our hearts throughout the rest of this year and in 2021. Since no one knows what the new year will bring. Happy knitting, quilting and cross stitching to all. HO HO HO

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