Day 287: Christmas

This morning the kids were delighted to find so many presents beneath the Christmas tree. Marshall told me that he was surprised, because he had thought that there would be fewer presents due to the pandemic. Hah! As if Santa and Grammie would let a plague get in their way. They’re unstoppable Christmas forces! They had help, too, from Grandpa and Daddy, who bravely drove to New Hampshire for a gift exchange earlier in the week. Everybody worked extra hard to make Christmas happen this year, and it paid off.

In the evening, after a delicious Christmas dinner, we played Stinker, one of the two games we got as gifts this year. How the game works is that each player gets a random selection of letters to use for spelling silly answers to questions. Good spelling and grammar are irrelevant, even discouraged, which makes the game accessible for all. Players are given the opportunity to explain why their answers should win, and that’s where the fun really kicks in.

We enjoyed the game, and I recommend it to others with one caveat: some of the questions reference things such as drugs, divorce, funerals, etc. For some families, that might be a deal-breaker. My kids are old enough that it wasn’t too much of an issue, and we simply skipped the questions that we didn’t like.

So, we enjoyed Christmas to the extent that one can in the middle of a pandemic. And now our yuletide work is done. We can relax and coast to the end of the year, I hope.

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