Today is different from any Christmas in recent memory. Its the first year without my Mom. Second this year I'm not working, its a much needed break. I think I was starting to burn out. I missed the Christmas Eve service at my church. I had a Christmas eve meal with a friend instead. I planned to go to an 11:00 pm service. However, the churches nearby that usually have one did not this year. So I ended up driving around looking at the Christmas lights. A lot of white lights, I prefer the multicolor lights they are more festive.
This is the year to start new traditions not sure what yet but we will see.
For Christmas The Hallelujah - Choir of King's College, Cambridge live performance of Handel's Messiah