Christmas, 2008
Christmas 2008 has come and gone, and I am back home in Gainesville after three days and more than 500 miles on the highway. On the Turnpike this afternoon, an accident on the southbound lanes caused a tremendous backup in the northbound lanes, and more than five miles (I counted) of bumper-to-bumper traffic for the southbound travelers.
Christmas Eve was spent in St. Petersburg at Grandma’s house. She was at church when I arrived, but had made dinner and left it on the counter. Plus, there were brownies. When she got home we watched It’s a Wonderful Life. On Christmas Day we went over to Julie’s. It was a great time. I gave Miriam some aluminum plates for her skates. I gave my dad a book of selected essays of Samuel Johnson, a book which has changed my life. Grandma gave me a book of photos of me as a child. Julie gave me a neat personalized stone for the garden. Miriam gave me the DVD of La fanciulla del West I’ve wanted for a long time with Sherrill Milnes as Jack Rance, and the Penguin Classics edition of Dumas’ Count of Monte Christo I’ve been itching to read.
Filed under: Family, Literature and Books, Special Occasions, Travel on December 27th, 2008
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