This year, Christmas was absolutely nearly the best Christmas that I can readily remember.
Perhaps there was a better 1 when I was a little guy. But as far as our late teens forward to adulthood, the past Christmas ranks right up there toward the best. The main reason was I didn’t have to drive or endure a punishing climate control component setting for a week. This is pretty much what Christmas has been about for the last 15 years. My parents died when I was just out of elementary school so I’ve missed spending the holidays with them for sure. My in laws and our partner’s extended family have been the destination since we’ve been married. And that meant leaving the perfect heating and cooling comfort of our home to travel north in order to freeze and sweat all at the same time. The in laws live up north, where there is plenty of cold Wintertide weather on hand. Yet, the control component is set in the high 70’s. That gas oil furnace must be a monster to keep that sort of Heating, Ventilation and A/C heating that high all winter long. However, it’s so incredibly stuffy and hot in that house. This year, the people I was with and I stayed at home and they came to us. Not only did I get to sleep in our own bed and enjoy our own high quality heating and air, the in laws rented a house nearby. That’s right, it feels like I hit the lotto. The in laws along with our partner’s sisters went together to rent this vacation house and didn’t even stay in my house. Can it get any better than that?