And a Merry Christmas It Was. . .

Pajamas (or jimjams as I think they say in Britain) + a close friend + Russian tea cookies + peppermint tea + phone calls to family and a few faraway friends + a sublime red velvet couch + Newman's popcorn + a lovely holiday movie (Love Actually) + chocolate = Christmas Eve

Pajamas + coffee + huevos rancheros and fresh fruit + the same close friend + more coffee + presents + more cookies + more chocolate + another movie (Once) + a walk + a visit with a few other close friends + the complete after effects of so much caffeine and sugar over the past 24 hours that I am writing this at 2 in the morning and can't get to sleep = Christmas!