Winter is here!

> Curt was out plowing the snow after our big storm. I guess winter is really here.
> We had a very nice Christmas, quiet but nice. Curt wanted to have Christmas the Norwegian way, so we fixed our Turkey dinner and all the trimmings and my cranberry torte on Christmas Eve and opened presents after dinner. It was just Curt, Tishanna and I so it was very nice. Curt and I got a new BIG screen TV and Tishanna got recording equipment and clothes.
> When Curt was little his parents would hear Santa's bells (Christmas Eve) so he and his Dad and brother would go out in the car looking for Santa. They heard bells too, but never saw him. When they got home they had JUST missed him and Santa had brought presents! They would open their presents then. (Probably a great way to do it as Mom and Dad got to sleep in the next morning)
> We did this a few times when the kids were little. Curt would take them out in the cold and look all over for Santa. They came home a little disapointed because they could hear the bells but could never see him. Then as they came home, what to their wondering eyes but toys under the tree and Mom had seen Santa and was so sorry that they had just missed him. We had some great Christmas's, some lean but non the less good. I loved having my children all there and opening presents. Dad would assign one person to bring the presents out one by one. He called him the 'Christmas Boy.' When Tishanna was old enough to bring presents to us she was called the 'Christmas Boy' too.
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> -Elaine
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