. . . it’s time to start taking down the ornaments. We had a unique ornament for the top of our tree this year.
Is it a star? Is it an angel? Maybe it’s both.
This year we also decided, after many years of having no lights outside, to join local tradition and put out luminarias.
Thanks to son Jack for getting them properly staked among the rocks. It was quite a job to get them in, and today, on the twelfth and last day of Christmas, it was another job to get them out.
Today begins the season of Epiphany – the light coming into the world – and we are watching for light coming sooner in the mornings.
freethoughtandmetaphor 
Jan 06, 2017 @ 16:04:41
The star or angel is charming, whichever it is.
It is good to think of more light, whether at dawn or dusk.
Jan 07, 2017 @ 05:53:37
Wishing you a healthy and fulfilling year
Jan 07, 2017 @ 09:12:06
My mother told us (not seriously) that bad things would happen if the Christmas decorations were not down by Twelfth Night. Did you put out the same message in your family?