Merry Christmas!  May all your dreams come true whether or not you believe that Jesus died for your sins :)

Our Christmas is definitely lighter in terms of presents — a few nice, small, memorable items for each family member, nothing crazy big … for example, visiting family members got different Texas coffee mugs, like the classic “Keep Austin Weird” and “Honorary Texan” ones.

It seems to be a pattern … not only there’s less people at the mall, lots of people seem to be paying with cash or debit.  Personally, I don’t care that some retailers will go under and some people will lose their jobs in the retail sector.  It’s a good thing overall.

Other than this … nothing to post, really — the focus is back on the family and quality family time as opposed to some giant present “from the entire family” bough on credit.

Merry Christmas!  Stay frugal!