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I didn’t:

• Spend time with my family (a hemisphere away) or my husband’s family (6 hours away)
• Attend a holiday party
• Have a big special dinner
• Eat Christmas cookies
• Decorate
• Unwrap gifts
• Sing Christmas carols
• Travel
• Feel like being social
• Have any holiday spirit whatsoever

I did:

• Sleep late
• Go to church
• Make latkes
• Video Skype with my parents and grandparents
• Cry
• Work on a new project I’m super excited about
• Secretly download an album from Christian’s favorite Israeli singer onto his mp3 player
• Clean the house
• Eat panettone
• Think about how next year will be better