It might be forecast to reach seventy degrees tomorrow here in Boston, but nevertheless it will still be Christmas Eve and our household is ready for a week’s quiet vacation here at home with the cats. Plans include the carol service broadcast from King’s, reading, quilting, Murdoch Mysteries, writing drabbles for our TwelvetideDrabbles2015 challenge, and doing our holiday shopping, wrapping, and mailing of Christmas parcels.

Our hallway is slowly filling with Holiday greetings… pic.twitter.com/iX6FcZpR42

— AnnaClutterbuck-Cook (@feministlib) December 20, 2015

It’s been lovely to get cards from you all, adding to the festive decorations in all hallway (above batting level for curious kittens).

A better picture of @StillLifeFarm handiwork on its way home. pic.twitter.com/AYzlidXCPj

— AnnaClutterbuck-Cook (@feministlib) December 12, 2015

This year, we’ve branched out into a balsam, juniper, and winterberry “swag” from Stillman’s, our CSA farm, and it’s making the apartment smell like Christmas (at least we hope so; both of us have been stuffy with colds since we brought it home!).

Advent calendar at the Clutterbuck-Cooks, day twenty-three pic.twitter.com/3R7vd0g4bQ

— AnnaClutterbuck-Cook (@feministlib) December 23, 2015

And the advent calendar has been steadily counting down the days. Today was our last day of work for 2015 and we’re looking forward to closing out the old and welcoming in the new as the days slowly, imperceptibly, begin to grow longer.

May all of you have a safe and restorative holiday season. See you in 2016.