Christmas Eve will find me where the love light gleams...
my family left me alone for Christmas. not really my whole family. just the family i live with. it's not the first time i've woken up Christmas day to a silent and empty house. and it's not like i still don't have my father's house to go to Christmas Eve and mother's house to go to Christmas Day. still, it always feels weird to be alone in the house.
but even if they were here for Christmas, i don't think it would feel as Christmas-y as this past weekend when i was in minnesota. amazing what a difference 60 degrees can make. from frozen lakes and snow covered everything to sunny skies and optional sweatshirts. i think this year i choose minnesota Christmas over el paso Christmas.
even though we celebrated a week early, it felt more like Christmas than any i've celebrated in a while. snow. hot chocolate. fireplaces. holidazzle parades. gifts. and best of all... family. even though they're not my family, for a few days, it really felt like they were. and when we left, i started to miss them almost as much as beth did.
