Happy Hanukkah, Merry Christmas! We opened presents at about ten. What did you get? Are you having a good time? I got some nice things, but Christmas is small this year since we’re going to Costa Rica. Aaron got the cats a donut-hole-tunnel. It’s already delightful.
Look how cute it is!! Paris was very interested in the festivities overall. Here’s him next to the charcuterie board.
It’s been alright today. I’ve just been reading Dickens for the past few hours. We celebrated Hanukkah night two yesterday — which I didn’t realize we’d do — because we’re flying before the last day.
This holiday has bad memories. I try not to think about Christmas most of the season. Hanukkah I celebrate melancholically, but I like it more since nothing bad happened on it (and because it’s not hyper-marketed like the Christmas behemoth). It is eight years now since it happened. It was one of the worst days of my life. I don’t know what it was for you, but I imagine not the best. I hope it was fast and vague. But I try to have fun today anyway, even if I don’t like Christmas anymore. No other day has a charcuterie board.
I’ll think of you tonight during Hanukkah. I wonder if you and Mom still watch the same prayer video we do. I hope we do. I love you.
With love,
Alice