Christmas is a Time for Family and Loved Ones!

We attended the Christmas dinner at the Mennonite Preston Church in Cambridge, Ont.

Christmas time is my most favoirite time of the year! There are so many activities going on both in Toronto and out of the city for us.

Though, retired, we are very fortunate as we get invited to many of these celebrations by our friends and former colleagues every year.

A couple weeks before Christmas, we celebrated with the congregation at the Mennonite Preston Church in Cambridge, Ontario.

We enjoyed a delicious homemade turkey dinner with all the trimmings.

After the dinner, we attended the service that followed.

With the candle light flickering in the dimmed sanctuary and the sound of Silence Night playing softly, I felt blessed, joyful and grateful.





Besides celebrating the birth of Christ, spending time with my family and loved ones was another favouite part of mine during this Christmas season.

With snow falling gently on the ground, happy holiday songs playing in the background, it was a delightful time to walk around in the mall.


 I took my mom out for an afternoon doing Christmas shopping. She loved seeing all the sparkling decorations and experiencing the excitement and energy in the mall.

We had a smaller family gathering on Christmas Day

After our big fat annual family Christmas get together, we had a smaller family Christmas dinner on Christmas day.

Opening gifts on Christmas day in our house

E. and his cousins usually see each other once a year during this Christmas family dinner.

After dinner entertainment - solving puzzles

Since last year, we started the tradition of presenting something entertaining to one another after dinner.

This year, my sister in law shared two interesting puzzles and we spent some fun time trying to figure them out.

Problem to solve -  Change this configuration on the left to make 4 triangles of equal size by moving just 1 match stick.


E. was quite intrigued by this puzzle and he was the only one who could solve it after some time.







Since the boys are getting older, we gave them some good old metal puzzles as gifts.
Everyone was engaged in solving these old fashioned games.

There is nothing I enjoy more than spending time with my loved ones during the festive Christmas season.

We are grateful that we could be with our family and those who care for us!

R.T.
Toronto
2017 Christmas holidays