On Christmas day, children happily wake to the arrival of Santa Claus and his bounty of gifts, adults sip their eggnog and wonder why they have to spend the day with their in-laws and everyone over-indulges in chocolate and other calorie-laden goodies as they hum along with their favorite Christmas carols. In my household, we vary on this routine just a bit, but rest assured, Santa did leave me some choice pieces from Henri Bendel and Saks under the tree. Happily, I am now the proud owner of my very own eye-mask just like Holly Golightly's in Breakfast at Tiffany's. Andy procured this extremely thoughtful gift at the amazing Patchouli's in Rosemary Beach and now my beauty sleep is going to be just a little more beautiful. After tearing through lots of gift boxes filled with more lovely things from my darling husband, taking a long walk with 'Santa Scout'* and sharing a leisurely and not-so-healthy brunch, we were off for our own Magical holiday tradition.
We spent the day watching the Orlando Magic play, and beat, the Boston Celtics in an incredibly exciting game. Red and Green might be the colors of the holiday, but not so at the Amway arena (and faithful readers would know that I wouldn't be wearing green anyway). Only Magic blue and maybe a little red just in the logo of Superman's cape were to be seen, save for the few unfortunate Boston fans. The only other green visible was on the Celtic jerseys donned by the Big 3 and company. Or at this point, should we call them the big 6 or 7 or 8, as their talent runs very deep? It was a truly amazing game and I am so happy that the husband and I were there to 'witness' the event. And of course the Magic win over such a talented team is a tremendous Christmas gift.
Throughout the holiday season, we receive lots of very interesting, creative cards with adorable pictures of adorable children, but this one of a kind card tops all. My very clever niece Sallie sent us this very appropriate Christmas card. She created it just for us, complete with the verbiage, while the rest of her fans received an equally precious photo, sans the basketball. It must be nice to have an uber-talented photo-journalist dad to snap such great pics, and a savvy and thoughtful mom to create the card. (*the photo of Santa Scout is one of Devon's shots too)So just as Devon, Mathilda and Sallie wished, I did have a a Magic Christmas, and I hope you and your loved ones did too.
Happy Holidays,
xoxo
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