Shopping is done.  Christmas cookies are made.  Food is purchased and prepared for the celebration.  Stress is finally relieved as all chores are complete.

Time to enjoy family and friends — everyone is home for the holidays.  My children will be home for Christmas Eve celebrations — our family tradition.  Christmas Day has always been for us a day of rest and relaxation.  When the children were young it gave them an opportunity to play with new toys and games.  As adults, Christmas Day is a day to spend with their significant others and their families — no conflict of schedules — I have always loved that feeling.

This Christmas Day, I will go see my other family — the horses!  They bring such joy and pleasure to my life that seeing them and giving them their Christmas carrots is a joy onto itself.

Merry Christmas and Best Wishes to all my readers this holiday season.