Rick and I were talking this morning and he asked me which Christmas Day was perfect for me.
Years ago, we had a really bad snowstorm. It started on Christmas Eve and we were completely snowed in. Nobody was going anywhere. It was my first Christmas without my son. He had gotten married that year. They were going to come to us on Christmas, but there was no way. Rick and I made filled pork chops. I had made the stuffing and just as I had the pork chops filled and was popping them into the oven, the power went out. And it didn't come back on. So there we were. Rick went out, uncovered the grill and got it started. He did Christmas dinner on our grill. I couldn't whip the potatoes, but I was able to mash them with a masher. We had dried corn. We had the gravy. He was out there in the snow and the snow just swirled around him. While we ate our dinner, he heated up water for dishes on the grill. Got the dishes done, got it all put away, and he and I flopped on the couch together with the cats. We ended up going to bed really early that night and, around 2:30 the next morning, the lights came back on.
It was the first Christmas without our son and that wasn't all that great, but you know what? It was still absolutely perfect. And I still enjoy the Christmases when it's just Rick and me. It's a nice, quiet day with no hassles, no rushing, just hanging out together. And that really was our very first Christmas with just the two of us. Our son was with us, even for our very first Christmas together. We've had other Christmases since then, just the two of us. And I love them, simply because it is just the two of us.
Do you have a Christmas that stands out for you?
Years ago, we had a really bad snowstorm. It started on Christmas Eve and we were completely snowed in. Nobody was going anywhere. It was my first Christmas without my son. He had gotten married that year. They were going to come to us on Christmas, but there was no way. Rick and I made filled pork chops. I had made the stuffing and just as I had the pork chops filled and was popping them into the oven, the power went out. And it didn't come back on. So there we were. Rick went out, uncovered the grill and got it started. He did Christmas dinner on our grill. I couldn't whip the potatoes, but I was able to mash them with a masher. We had dried corn. We had the gravy. He was out there in the snow and the snow just swirled around him. While we ate our dinner, he heated up water for dishes on the grill. Got the dishes done, got it all put away, and he and I flopped on the couch together with the cats. We ended up going to bed really early that night and, around 2:30 the next morning, the lights came back on.
It was the first Christmas without our son and that wasn't all that great, but you know what? It was still absolutely perfect. And I still enjoy the Christmases when it's just Rick and me. It's a nice, quiet day with no hassles, no rushing, just hanging out together. And that really was our very first Christmas with just the two of us. Our son was with us, even for our very first Christmas together. We've had other Christmases since then, just the two of us. And I love them, simply because it is just the two of us.
Do you have a Christmas that stands out for you?
