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Well, it is Christmas morning, and the house is quiet.  Last night we had two Christmas Eve services.  The first one was, well, a train wreck.  Somehow between my proofreading the bulletin and it going to the copier, the computer began randomly doubling lines throughout the text (it has done this before, but never so much or on Christmas Eve).  I think it is a flaw in Microsoft Publisher, and frankly if I had the money I might go invest in another publishing software.  My kids were the acolytes and they were buck wild the whole time.  I don't blame them--it's Christmas Eve.  The later service went a lot better, but was a kind of small crowd.
I will admit one thing, I preached the shmaltziest, cheesiest sermon I've preached in years.  And, of course, it was a huge hit.  I won't go into details, but the high point was "Killer the Christmas Cat."  I'll just leave it at that.

It was pointed out to me by a reader that I didn't only get Cracker Barrel gift cards (I got Bob Evans and Kroger too, making be basically not need cash for a week).  Actually, I got some really cool gifts.  A good friends gave me a Ball of Whacks, which I have not been able to put down since I've gotten it.  It appeals to my fidgety nature, my bizarre obsessive-compulsive disorder regarding patterns and geometry, and well its fun.
I also got a new computer bag composed entirely of recycled materials.  The main bag is composed of reprocessed plastic grocery bags, while the straps are made of old seat belts.
I also got some new cookbooks that the kids and I can do together, and the collected works of Dashiell Hammett.

The kids woke up this morning and opened their presents from Santa: a DS Lite for the boy and a My Twinn doll for the girl.  My daughter was initially upset about the gift, since she had made a last-minute substitution in her Santa list, but by the time we got to the airport she had warmed up to it (it helped that my son was talking to her on the way down about how Santa knows the future, and what gifts she'll really like.  I appreciate his contribution.)