From our family to yours, we would like to wish you all a Merry Christmas! By now, most of the presents have all been opened and Christmas dinner is over. We still have a few days to enjoy the decorations before they are all packed away for another year. I did finally get my Christmas tree up this year. I just couldn't let Christmas go by without it as my tree is mostly about family. Most of my ornaments have a story behind them. My newest ornament was to link my maternal family in Maine to my paternal family here in North Carolina. Many of my ornaments are from Maine, simple reminders of my favorite things from there. More importantly to me are the hand made ornaments. After our family lost pretty much everything to include our home to a tornado in 1984. My Great Grandmother made many crafty ornaments to make sure we still had a tree. A few of these knitted and needlework ornaments are still on my tree. I...