I'll always remember last year's Christmas as that Christmas--the one I never want to repeat; the one where I felt ridiculously sick while tromping through an actual blizzard only to become snowed-in due to a Sanitation Workers' strike.

I'll remember this year's Christmas as the year things got back on track. We spent time with both of our families, and after reflecting for a few days, I can't recall a single mishap or misstep: the weather stayed good, spirits were high, and we celebrated Christmas for a full week! I hope your respective holidays offered everything you envisioned and that mother nature, and your own health, cooperated!