Another short post

We plan to get the last of the decorating done this week, hopefully in the next day or three.  So this evening I worked on decorating the mantle.  I cleared off everything but the lamp, put up the long two-by-four with the cup hooks for the stockings, and placed on top of that the big wooden nativity set my stepfather made for us years ago on his scroll saw.  I added the lighted garland, and it all looks festive.  There's really only a few finishing touches to go.

While I was doing this, it occurred to me that I usually put on Christmas music while I decorate indoors.  But this time what I was hearing was a lot of weird sound effects; my youngest daughter was playing a video game.  Otherwise cute cartoon characters were giving off mournful wails and groans as they entered combat and blasted each other to destruction.

I'm not quite sure what it all means, but anyway, Merry Christmas.