Last year I began my Christmas letter in my Christmas cards by saying “It is a Covid-19 Christmas! What more can I say.” Well, here we go again but at least this year my whole family is vaccinated and we can be together inside! Whoopee!
Last year we met in my garage. I put my Belgian lace tablecloth over my storage shelves at the back of my garage and set up my artificial tree in front of it. My daughters insisted that we all wear masks, and one grandchild at a time was able to come into the garage to greet me and exchange gifts. No hugs, no kisses, but lots of love!! The snowdrifts on either side of my driveway were packed with beer bottles since all my east-coast grandchildren are all over twenty-one. My twenty-six-year-old grandson dressed in his red ski jumpsuit. We put a Santa hat on him, and all the neighbors were asking for weeks to come how I had Santa visit my condo. We laughed and played reindeer games in the driveway.
This year, we will gather around my Lladro nativity scene and warm by the fireplace. Wishing God’s blessing to each and every one of you.
-Judy Aufderhaar
Sudbury UMC Lenten Devotions 