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Merry Christmas 2010!!

Yesterday marked the 1st December 25th of my life that I did not spend with my biological family.  I spent the holiday in Yankton with the Somers.  As Tara discovered last year when we spent Christmas with my family, this can be an emotional transition.  I couldn’t help but reminisce about the Christmases of my childhood and realize that they belong to a chapter of my life that is now closed.

But life is all about finishing old chapters and starting new ones, and this holiday I was reminded how blessed I am to be welcomed into this family.  I may make jokes from time to time, but I really do love my in-laws, and very much enjoyed taking part in their Christmas traditions.  In the years to come, some holidays will be spent with my family, some with Tara’s, and some with neither, and all will be equally special.

I hope, wherever you are this holiday season, new traditions or old, that it is just as special as mine has been.  Merry Christmas!!

SPIKE TV did a marathon of the original Star Wars continuously thoughout the day.  I’m ready to make Star Wars a Newcomb Christmas tradition, but Tara’s a bit resistant…

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3 responses to “Merry Christmas 2010!!”

  1. Kara Avatar
    Kara

    Yesterday was my first Christmas away from my family, too. We stayed here and had a really low-key Christmas in the few hours of consciousness that Ryan could spare before going back to work. It definitely feels a little bittersweet!
    I am so sorry I couldn’t go with Heidi to give you guys the Christmas DVD. One of my friends had a pregnancy emergency (false alarm, thankfully) while her husband was skiing, so I took her to the doctor’s and had to rearrange a lot of things that day. Happy New Year!

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  2. Benjamin Avatar
    Benjamin

    It was also my first christmas without the family and it was a bit of a change eating tamales and refried beans instead of the traditional turkey and ham for christmas dinner, but still a pretty amazing christmas!

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    Lynn Newcomb

    Sometime I will have to reflect on the changes your mother and I have gone through regarding Christmas. Somehow, a six foot “boy” jumping into bed with us on Christmas morning was not the same as when three little boys used to hop into bed with us years ago.

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