In a message dated 12/24/2002 9:23:47 PM Central Standard Time, Jvmason@aol.com writes: It was indeed a beautiful message, Grier. We are expecting a bit of the white stuff here on Cape Cod, tomorrow. My 8 year old grandson summed it all up this evening when he suddenly said,"I just love Christmas-it is such a magical time!" Judy Christmas is special isn't it. We went to Oklahoma for Christmas - to my home town of Sayre. Although we spent Christmas Eve in the motel room because Shannon was ill we still got to see lots of family and eat lots of good food and have lots of fun. Christmas Day was just beautiful there - cold but sunny with about 8 inches of snow on the ground. It was the prettiest Christmas Day I remember in quite a while - people kept using the word perfect to describe the day. Hope all of you had a wonderful Christmas as well. Take care - Emma