Christmas and New Year...a time for reflection...not necessarily good cheer. A time for reflection I find. Means different things to many people. In Oz it is when families get together that either get together often...or only on this day. To Denise a joyous time...Christmas lights, making cakes for everyone, gleefully wrapping presents, dreaming of family together and happy, a Christmas kinda gal. Even refused to join me on my first trip to China for 5 weeks away 'cause it would have meant not spending Christmas Day with her family. When your family is close I kinda get it. "I'm the Queen of tangy sauces," she exclaimed today. "The harissa really lifted the mayonnaise and jazzed up the prawns." That far away look...her twinkling smile that always makes me smile too. Yet for me Christmas is different.
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