Saturday, December 25, 2010

Merry Christmas!

From wiki commons: folk tale depiction of Father Christmas
riding on a goat; perhaps from Swedish Tomte. I'm going to
give Father Christmas the benefit of the doubt and assume
that is a large doll under his arm there. 
Hey, I just wanted to wish everybody out there who celebrates Christmas a very merry one. And if you don't celebrate, I hope you're having a fun day of kicking back.

I'm in Wisconsin visiting my mom and sisters and nieces and nephew. We are a Christmas-morning-present opening family, so soon, there will be mayhem. Though, not so much if the Santa pictured here visited.

Mr. Crane and I drove all yesterday. I downloaded Stephen King's "The Green Mile" for us to listen to in the car. Wow, King is such an amazing writer. How did I forget that? He's a kind of scoundrely puppetmaster, in the way he creates these crazy flights of description and suspense, managing readers' minds. I can also report that it is not the most Christmassy of stories. Oh well! I'm not the most Christmassy of people.

However, sitting here with my coffee and Internet connectivity, which is, in itself, a Christmas miracle, I feel such a warm feeling for all my friends out there - readers, writers, twitter and FB pals, blog buds and everybody else. Just a warm and thankful feeling for everybody I've had the pleasure of crossing paths with this year. Have a great holiday weekend!

xxoo Carolyn

13 comments:

Penny Watson said...

Merry Christmas Mr. and Mrs. Crane! Have a great weekend...

Hilcia said...

Merry Christmas to you and Mr. Crane, CJ. Enjoy your Christmas break and movie. I love The Green Mile (Christmassy or not).

Anonymous said...

Merry Christmas to you Carolyn! Have a great day, and thanks for being one of those warm and wonderful people who have crossed my path in 2010.

Anonymous said...

Ooo I love The Green Mile. One of my favorite Stephen King books. Hope you and Mr. Crane have an awesome holiday!


Stephanie G
Paranormal Haven

Tracy said...

Merry Christmas Carolyn! I hope you and Mr. Crane and the entire family have a very wonderful holiday.

Chris said...

Merry merry to you and Mr Crane and the kitties!

Blodeuedd said...

Merry Christmas :D
Have a great day!

I got something wonderful for xmas, a certain book called Mind Games if you have heard of it ;)

LSUReader said...

Hope you enjoy a peaceful, blessed day. Merry Christmas.

Vickie said...

Merry Christmas!! And think of the listening pleasure all the way back home. I love my audiobook time in the car.

Leslie said...

Hope you and Mr. Crane had a wonderful Christmas in Wisconsin!

Joanna Chambers said...

Great Santa pic - merry christmas to you and Mr Crane!

Jackie said...

Merry Christmas to you and Mr Crane as well, it was a nice week for me finally sitting down to read Mind Games and Double Cross. Thank you so much for writing them because they were just what I needed to keep me sane during holidays! (and now tapping my foot till book three comes out so I can see what is up with Justine and the gang!)


As far as The Green Mile, excellent choice as you found something uplifting and well written to listen to so that is all that matters!

jackie >_<

Christine said...

Hi Carolyn!
Hope you guys had a Merry Christmas and enjoyed time with your family. xoxoxo