On Saturday, the snow continued to fall throughout Christmas Day. The snowflakes were so fine that at first it looked like the snow has stopped. We had nowhere to go, so we did not mind that it was snowing! Compared to previous posted photos, you could tell that the snow has really piled up on the bench and started weighing down the tree branches.
I got up around 8:30 a.m. and was wide awake even though we did not get home until 2:30 a.m. from attending Midnight Mass and did not get to bed until after 3:00 a.m.
It was a nice relaxing Christmas Day. After breakfast, we shared a piece of birthday cake since it was my husband’s birthday (a Christmas baby). I continued to catch up on reading the library books I took out last week while my husband watched his favorite silly movie, A Christmas Story! We took a nap in the afternoon, got up and ate some more. The same routine was repeated with dinner, pies and then it was time for bed.
The midnight Mass at the New St. Louis Cathedral was wonderful. We left the house around 10:30 p.m. and thanks to the road crews, the highway was all cleared. A new parking lot was added this summer and it was right at the corner which made it so much easier to walk to the cathedral. We found good seats in the center. It did not take long for all the seats to fill up from the time I took the photo below. We did not get home until 2:30 a.m. but we were not really tired since we already took a long nap in the afternoon.
I don’t remember what time we got to the cathedral last year but it was packed by the time we got there. We were lucky to find two seats far away to the right of the altar. We noticed that as soon as the music was over, a lot of people got up and left. So it was good that people who really were there for the Mass did not have to stand the entire length of service
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