Christmas cheer!

This is, quite literally, the only family picture we have where all three of us are smiling.

That's what happens when two family members are melancholies,

and the third is a cheery, eternal optimist 

who thinks that even crabby-looking pictures have redeeming qualities. 

*Hint*

Charlie and I are not eternal optimists.

Regardless,

here's wishing you and yours a blessed and merry Christmas,

from our melancholy-optimist bunch :)

May you eat too many cookies,

sing lots of carols, funny and favorite,

be both the giver and recipient of abundant generosity,

and remember the very reason we celebrate Christmas in the first place.