The last few years Christmas has been quiet time for me. There's very little family within simple traveling distance anymore, so it's mostly me, my Dad, the dogs, and a friend (Shou Lung) this year. That said, it was a good time, if not traditionally festive. No one felt like cooking this year, so the decision was made to eat out ... on Christmas day. Now, I knew everywhere would be closed on Christmas, but I didn't know EVERYWHERE would be closed on Christmas. Living up to stereotype, the only restaurants open were the Chinese/other asian restaurants. We ended up eating at the Golden Dragon, a favorite Chinese buffet, which turned out to be a very good choice, despite memories of the "FA RA RA RA RA" scene from "A Christmas Story". A good time was had by all.

This year's loot:
2 DVDs
a Lenovo laptop (actually a joint purchase. I plan to do some healthy OS-tinkering on this thing)

As a (not really) Christmas gift to everyone else, I'll make mention that I'm currently working on a personal animation project, both simple and ambitious at the same time. The bad news? - it's not a furry project. There will be more to tell in January, as I hope to be finished by the end of that month.