17 Days of December

There has been a tremendous amount of holiday cheer packed into the first seventeen days of December and soon we'll be unplugged and on vacation in the southern hemisphere. Here is the run down on December in Delhi:

  1. Set iPod to 24 hour Christmas music station in Tampa.
  2. Assemble and decorate fake Christmas tree.
  3. Wonder how these same ornaments once covered a much larger and freshly cut Maine evergreen.
  4. Make note to buy more ornaments and a scented candle.
  5. Picnic get together for Liam's preschool class.
  6. Host Hanukkah dinner that ended with the kids singing Rudolph.
  7. Faculty holiday party on a rooftop. 
  8. Liam's 5th birthday - bouncy castle, hot cocoa, pin the carrot nose on Frosty, shaving cream for snow.

  9. Gingerbread house and cookie decorating.
10. Christmas caroling with Santa, Mrs. Claus, and the campus kids.
11. Elementary school singalong with Santa.
12. Watch (at least) one Christmas special every night.
13. High school faculty flash mob during end of semester farewell.

14. End of semester luncheon. Talk about how much fun we had doing flash mob.
15. Wrap presents. Pack stockings.
16. Open presents on "Christmas" morning.
17. Get on an airplane and forget about the rest of December.

Off to the airport now......Happy holidays to all!