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Ho ,Ho, Ho...I Think...

   ...Like a dusting of powdered sugar, snow brightened an otherwise grey day as Christmas time rolled around.  Seemingly no one was ready for it to be Christmas.  Here in Ohio we seem to need snow for it to be time for the approaching holiday.  This year's weather was like no other year.  It was warm and there was no snow.  It's hard to have snow when it's 60 degrees.  But then we had few inches of snow. Ah, now the Christmas shopping could commence.  But that didn't last long.  The temperatures rose, the rain washed away the grungy-looking snow and holiday preparations were put on the back shelf once again.  This was one year that shopping on the internet was a plus.  Who had the energy or inclination to actually go shopping?  Usually I craft my gifts.  This year I was greatly uninspired. I need snow!  As I grow older I get more like my mother about holiday preparations.  She always said she could manage to celebrate after December 25th.  Maybe we could manage Orthodo