We celebrated Yule yesterday which is a lot like Christmas, celebrating the birth of the sun on the winter solstice, the celestial moment when the days begin getting longer again. Last year my kids decided that, instead of Santa, Princess Leia would be bringing the gifts. This year it’s the Doctor (which was very exciting for me). One leaves cookies and milk for Santa, but for the Doctor we left fish custard, naturally. (Only ours was actually “fish” custard, cinnamon rolls cut into sticks, breaded and fried, and then dipped into vanilla pudding. Because we are not newly regenerated Time Lords so actual fish in pudding wasn’t something we wanted any part of.)
In the morning we woke before dawn, cooked a quick and easy breakfast, piled into the car and drove out to Snail Mountain. I’d been afraid it would be busy there, but it was completely empty when we arrived. A few people here and there arrived, walking dogs, or photographing the sunrise, but it was nicely empty. And it was cold up there. The kids were dubious about leaving the car, but we found a picnic table with the best view ever and it was tolerable. And once our friends arrived, the kids magically got warm somehow. Funny how that works.
Back at home we opened presents, napped, cooked, and relaxed. In the evening a couple of loved ones came over and we had dinner and went to see Christmas lights. It was a really perfect day.
Happy Yule & Merry Christmas!
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Oh! It made my heart SO happy when you called it Snail Mountain.
Happy Yule and Merry Christmas to you!