Yes, Mike, I had a very, very good day just as I hope you did as well.  I am a bit anxious this Christmas as I have started to realize that my grandmother and my parents as well are advancing in age and the number of Christmas' to share with them is increasingly short.  I am home to my parent's home today, along with my grandmother, and feel a bit sad that I couldn't be here for Christmas Eve and Day.  I understand a bit what it was like for my grandfather, long gone, when he was in the Pacific theater during WWII and so far away, and his family not knowing if he was alive or not, and why "I'll Be Home for Christmas" always meant so much to him.  After reading Schillebeeckx's "Christology,"  I was fortunate to read Chardin's writings on the "Cosmic Christ," and the universal explosion of Salvation that resulted from the conception and birth.  Powerful.  I indeed wish you all good things in the New Year.  Peace to you and yours, MikeAA.