Christmas is coming! It finally hit! I baked and all it took was several tons of snow,the Christmas banter starting between the kids,buying the poor turkey....sorry but I see them in flocks with a member missing..the one we are eating and all the other guys are sad and looking for him...do birds get sad,yes I think so but then back to Christmas thoughts,darn my wandering little mind. And I got cranberries. They are festive in themselves. All warmly coloured and hard little things that are so good in sauce and bread and baked goods! I got the extra bread cause everyone goes crazy over dressing. I want to make the victorian kind like my Grandma use to make in her wood stove with the goose but oh no...the one I always make is the one they all want. I was so sad with no excitement and the Christmas cheer not going. It seems hard to think that a year ago all that stuff started. I was so ready for Christmas last year. I had eveything picked out and wrapped. I had all the before meal trays planned and everything in the frig. I had the house as full as I could get with wreaths and even my bells were up!  I love these bells...I'm the only one. What's wrong with these people? You hang these gold bells and they play Christmas carols. They fasinate me...but  "others" don't like them. Don't know why,they are in tune and I love the songs...they are all party poops. I had a little village that lite up with pretty little coloured houses and a church...that is gone,took up too much room and a couple had been repaired where children opened non opening doors. So? That was memories when little ones thought they should let the people come out. Party poops I tell ya!!! I had all sorts of garland that I put every where...yup gone,got ratty they said. But...the decorations that were made so many years back??? They are staying forever. I can still see the little faces shining with pride as they were put on the tree. They are my Christmas and seeing I missed Christmas last year...this will be the year they go up without a word of protest.