Silent night

Just a hint: if you are going to sing Silent Night in German, please learn how to say "ch" in German. It's like kh--not a hard k, more like you're blowing through it. Like you're scratching your throat. I know, it doesn't sound very nice. But if you think ch = k, you will be making the error someone did at my son's school last week. My son was a little disconcerted when the lady started singing about "stille Nackt, heilige Nackt..." Nackt (hard k) means naked. NaCHt, people. NaCHt.

I know it's fuzzy, but I took this picture tonight in the dark. We are getting snow for Christmas! I don't think we ever got real snow last year--just that horrible ice storm. Tonight, the snow started once all the stores closed and everybody was able to get home. It looks like Narnia. We made a fire in the wood stove and my husband made this amazing chocolate candy called prayer bars (chocolately graham crackery crushed nutty crust, butterscotch middle layer, and thin layer of straight chocolate on top) and we ate that and Stollen while reading the Christmas story. I think the kids are finally all asleep (I've been playing King's College Christmas music for PMB but now that it's nearly midnight, hello! he's finally got his eyes closed. Good thing, because Santa's reindeer here are getting tired...)

Happy Christmas!