monday mash up, december 26

It was great. We had great presents. Callum (and Neel and my dad) hit the mother-lode with an awesome train set and dinner was about the best I've made. Lots of great memories. I'm worn out. Back on Friday for the last Five Things of 2011. Can you believe it? How are you guys? Is everyone hanging in?

It's Christmas

All the Christmases roll down toward the two-tongued sea, like a cold and headlong moon bundling down the sky that was our street; and they stop at the rim of the ice-edged fish-freezing waves, and I plunge my hands in the snow and bring out whatever I can find.

Dylan Thomas, A Child's Christmas in Wales