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Week’s Highlight:
I hope everyone who celebrates had a Merry Christmas. We had a wonderful few days with family and friends, lots of food, and presents. We also went down to see the Nutcracker Village and it actually wasn’t too cold, which was nice. We had already taken a peak at the Gingerbread Village earlier in the week. I think Amber and I might learn how to make a gingerbread house over the summer and enter it into the contest next year. We’re thinking of doing a series of witches’ houses and starting with Strega Nona for next Christmas. She’s pretty well-known right and the spaghetti pot should make her recognizable.
Reading:
I didn’t post anything this week, mostly because I was doing other things. I did finish The Twelve Clues of Christmas by Rhys Bowen, which I really enjoyed. I’ll try to write some comments later this week, but I don’t know why I never picked up this series before. I don’t think I’ll go back to the beginning, but just continue on from this point.
I think I’ve signed up for all the reading challenges I’m doing next year. You can find my list here.
There weren’t any books under our Christmas tree, but I did get a Barnes and Noble gift card, so that’ll be fun.
Playing:
We go several games for Christmas. They all look like they’ll be fun. David’s brother also got us the posters to put on our wall downstairs.
Friday was our game night, but there were 9 of us, so instead of a new game, we pulled out Welcome To . . . Winter Wonderland. It plays any number of people, as long as they can see the card sets in the middle of the table (or I guess projected on the wall, depending on how large your group is). This is the first time we’ve played this particular version. It’s a pretty easy game where you build a 1950s neighborhood, but during winter you also get points for stringing Christmas tree lights down the streets. This is Amber’s sheet; I didn’t take a photo of mine.
Looking forward to:
Tuesday is New Year’s Eve, so we’ll do what we do every year. Our friends will come out to our house and we’ll play board games all night, eat and drink. Generally, people stay over night and we wake up and watch the Rose Bowl Parade.
Your Christmas sounds fabulous. Ours was quiet and peaceful and we’re thankful for that. We’re going to a big bonfire for New Year’s Eve. Happy New Year!
A bonfire sounds fun. It’s almost always too cold for that here.
We used to spend our New Year’s Eves as game nights. So much fun. I wish we played more board games. We pulled out Pictionary when we were all on vacation in Utah last September. Laughed so much.
I definitely think you could do a gingerbread house. They have done variations of that on The Great British Baking Show, and it can be quite easy to sculpt. I can’t wait to see a picture of what you do.
I keep posting all these end-of-the-year things. Tomorrow I’ve scheduled three. A bit ridiculous, even.
Here’s to a great new year.
My sister-in-law suggested I watch the episodes on The Great British Baking Show too. I’ve never seen it.
Sounds like a lovely holiday. My weekly update
I was nice. And I liked having a week and a half off work too.
Rhys Bowen is a fave of mine. I’ll be looking out for this one.
This is the first I’ve read, but really enjoyed it.
Sounds like a great holiday and I love all the games. Ours was fairly quiet. We host a dinner party on New Year’s Eve: everyone eats and then we watch a movie. Not very wild — LOL
Sounds nice to me.
I wish we got invited to games nights. Now t hat Gage is getting old enough to play and like some good games maybe I should start my own!
You totally should! And if you ever happen to be on this side of Ohio, you’re welcome to join us.