During the late 18th century, Lords and Ladies of the manor "boxed up" leftover food, or sometimes gifts, and distributed them the day after Christmas to tenants on their lands. Many poorly paid workers had to work on Christmas Day and took the following day off to visit family. As they prepared to leave, employers presented them with these Christmas boxes. (Wikipedia)After you party big, you get to clean up big. But what's the rush? There are new toys to play with (Photoshop and a Nook!) to challenge our over-fed and over-wined brains, and other wonderful gifts to admire for a bit before putting away.
Thank you everyone for the phone calls, thoughtful presents and messages sent our way yesterday. I have to admit, we spent most of the day in a happy trance just watching Nova-- babies are the best entertainment of all, and this is true since the very first baby started babbling and toddling on earth.
Thank you everyone for the phone calls, thoughtful presents and messages sent our way yesterday. I have to admit, we spent most of the day in a happy trance just watching Nova-- babies are the best entertainment of all, and this is true since the very first baby started babbling and toddling on earth.
It will be sad and oh-so-quiet quiet when Tom, Amanda, Nova and Roger leave later today. We're teasing them about the U-Haul they'll need to get everything home.
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