The build up to this Christmas hasn't been so immediate due to the amount of work that has been in front of me. Quinco annual Christmas bash and Storm's chorus High School event apart, there hasn't been a lot for me to jump on the band wagon about, not that the birth of Christ should be acquainted with any sort of band wagon except that of faith.

Lisa however has busted her arse putting together a Christmas that we will all remember and right up until this morning it wasn't truly evident to me how much effort she had put in because I hadn't switched off at all and embraced the Chrimbo spirit in any consistent fashion. I know, I suck!

We have a tastefully decorated Oak tree outside our house by the walkway / pavement which lifts the spirit of passers by. An authentic 8-foot Christmas tree augments the Oak, also outside, well lit and festively decorated adjacent to the living room window. Inside we have another 8-foot tree, though this time artificial, once again tastefully decorated with presents in abundance beneath the tree. Stockings hang from the fireplace, and yes we burn logs regularly, candles arranged strategically meet and greet you throughout the interior of the house and I am thus gripped to now go hunt down some egg nogg.

Now, nobody who lays out such a Christmas welcome deserves to be sick over Christmas yet she finds herself just so with a nasty bought of winter congestion. Nyquil and Christmas aren't supposed to be synonymous but the last few days they have been just that for her. I kinda feel like my initial irreverence to it all has helped bring on the condition so this blog is as much to exorcize the bug and free her sinuses so She will be able to part-take in the beautiful Christmas atmosphere she has put together for us and the girls.

Storm arrived about an hour ago, Chelcey and her best friend Annie will be here any minute now and Lacey will be here later this evening. It is the first Christmas where we have all the girls together with us so it is very special and memorable time.

Now, I haven't been grinch-like at all, just not in the Christmas spirit, meaning I forgot what we were celebrating which in these times can be easily done. We celebrate the birth of the most important individual this planet has ever produced. I say this because of the love that Jesus has manifested in us for centuries now. We can debate all day long his attachment to the Devine or even if he existed at all but we can't deny the love that his name proclaims.

This love I send back to Lisa, the girls and our vast family along with our friends and the whole planet.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New year to you all.

Now, where was I? Oh yea, Egg Nogg!