A Magically Modified Christmas
Christmas time brought with it all the magic that this year had forgotten, and we greeted it with the same eagerness that a world-wide deadly virus could not touch. Home, family, and Boo were our utmost priorities, and we needed to be safe for those we love. Travel we did, and home was a shelter in itself. While we did not go out to plays and shopping malls, tea time at the Palace Hotel or the Dickens festival, we kept to outside walks with friends and distanced sit-downs with grandparents.
It was a strange feeling, celebrating Christmas in San Francisco as well as in Ohio with the demands of new traditions, as the old ones were closed. We were unsure of so many things, and took each step cautiously - yet we felt the importance of being with family. And we are grateful of the things we could do together. I for one can not express how thankful I am to have chased my nephew, Conor, around for hours, day after day. And for my grandparents - Marcia, Harvey, and Eric - of whom were my top most reason of going home. While we did not have the typical Christmas parties that we normally do, Jamie and I got to drive around and see aunts and uncles from a distance.
At Jamie’s home, snow came for a White Christmas, and they brought out the four-wheeler and hooked a sled to it. As they also stayed in for Christmas day, they unwrapped gifts with the slow patience of spending time together - and it only took them 6 hours to get through all that Santa brought. Boo unwrapped her gift two days before Christmas because it smelled so good, and the sitter was forced to let her enjoy it. While it was a modified Christmas, it turned out to be special for the year that it was in, and just as magical.
