Freezing! But we're out in the Christmas Eve weather to participate !!!

[devifemme]

As you loyal LJ pals can attest, I've been well sheltered from the sudden worsening of Washington's ever-changeable weather! It WAS a beautiful day -- seen from INSIDE, with the fireplace going

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[anais_pf]

TWO convenient parking places in one night? This is not the Washington DC I remember!

Merry Christmas to you and yours!

[awakenyourfaith]

Talk about convenient parking places! That's awesome :D

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! :)

[devifemme]

Joanne does have "parking karma" -- as she and all her friends think of her luck in conjuring up open spaces around town. Came in handy tonight.

[cluelessinchi]

I am glad that you had a good night!

[devifemme]

First, ooooh, your icon is getting some; she MUST be a she, so she's a fun little lezzie (I believe)...

Second, it was an okay time: Joanne had just the perfect night, from her perspective. I enjoyed our dinner together in a charming little place; church was not as annoying as it CAN be -- thanks to the lovely carols, the decorations and the festive mood. (I do dislike the absurd fussing over communion; the body/blood mumbo-jumbo, all the practicing Catholics lining up for their wafer/wine -- I obviously don't partake...) And the party was pleasant, just sitting, chatting, Irish coffees, a winding down.

Next act: our friend gets in from London tomorrow, much to organize in the morning.

Again, merry Christmas, Suzen!

Kisses, J

[cluelessinchi]

Christmas mass is better than most of them. Catholocism is freaky! My newphew is going to do his first communion this year. I remember his sister's first communition last year. It really was the first time I paid any attention to this. Perhaps it is becxause their sound system is amazing. The church that my parents attend is horrid. I can not hear a thing. I do not think that children should be hearing that. I think if they did not believe it was a transubstantiation but a symbol of the body/blood I would not have an issue with it. But they do not. EWWWW!

[devifemme]

I'm with you -- bizarre. But I keep Tom Lehrer's "Vatican Rag" in mind -- "2-4-6-8, time to transubstantiate!" The other lyric I like is, "do any [dance] step you want if -- you have cleared it with the Pontiff"

[dokai]

SCORE! Make sure you buy lottery tickets tonight, as you're obviously on a major roll! Merry Christmas!

[devifemme]

Yup, IF I ever played the lottery, with the mad odds!

But it was a pretty good evening, considering some of it was time spent in church. Even if the music was good, and there were friends to greet, it's still vaguely off-putting...

[musicman]

Merry Christmas to you and Joanne. (You know, my mom spelled her name JoAnn :)

[devifemme]

And a wonderful festive day to you and Red.
Hugz, J

ps -- As fellow Washingtonians, we share this dreadful cold snap, following the deceptively warm weekend!