

Fritz with his bag of treats he got for Christmas.He had trouble getting into it so I dumped some treats out.We had a good Christmas.It all started when Mom,me and her sister went to a Christmas Pageant at church.We sang a few Carols and there was a play about the birth of Jesus.As we were leaving,the church bells werre ringing,first time I had ever heard them.Mom and then wnet to my sister's for snacks after dropping Mom's sister off at home. After this we went home for a short time before going to pick up my sister and go to the 11:00 Candlelight service at church.We sang a few more carols and had Communion.The Reverend lit his candle,then someone else's until all the candles were lit in the church,quite a sight in the darkened church .We then sang Silent Night holding the candles up high.We then exchanged candles with one another and sang Silent Night again holding up the candles. I gave mom 2 calendars,one with Bichons and one with winter scenes that hangs in the kitchen andf the Bichon one at the bottom of the stairs.Besides the treats Mom gave him a dog collar that lights up,has since taken it off him as it is battery contolled,afraid something might happened to him if he wore for a long time.Also got a new dogtag.I got new clothes for church,pants were too tight so they went back,got a blanket with the Toronto Maple Leafs logo,a sweater,jogging pants and a shirt.Fritz got a dog stuffy and treats from marlene and Larry.We had to take the stuffy away as Fritz tore a hole in the back to get the noisemaker inside.Mom got a new blouse from her favorite store,a Moose sculpture that says welcome and a pointsettia arrangement done with tree branches.,Marlene had a picture I had taken of Mom and put it a few,looks nice.I got three hockey books,a sweatshirt with the Maple Leafs logo,a seatbelt cover with the same logo.After gift opening,we went home for a bit then came back later for supper.Mom,me, Fritz and Larry's brother Frank were invited.We had Turkey,Dressing,Turnip,Carrots,Coleslaw,Mashed and Sweet potatoes,Beets,Pickles and Buns and dessert was Jjello mixed in with cream and covered with Graham crumbs.