See, there is the table at my mom’s house, set for Christmas dinner, just like I post about every year.

And that looks like…

Could it be???

Yup, it’s San Francisco!

And that is… well… hard to explain, but it is splashing water and a big Christmas tree, a photo I took after drunk bowling… so… uh… yeah…

There, on the old player piano, nestled among other weird art, is that orange vase I made for my mom back when I was taking glass blowing lessons.

And just like every year, the two tikis I carved for her get their Christmas crowns.

Hey, you don’t mess with tradition.

My older daughter, Jessica, and her husband, Jason, are the ones whom we visited in New York… which is good, because I am still going to finish the posts about that as I start doing the Christmas ones. And Mollie is still in college, studying pre-med.

Same table setting every year. Same food served. Only the candles change.

Flaming plum pudding, with the usual bad photo due to low lighting.

Jason, doing something that is way beyond my understanding.

And why the bad photo of Jess? The shadow on her chest is a good hint. It is the very first time I used one of my new Christmas presents. Here are some more hints…

That looks like me and Jason. What are we up to?

And why are we getting smaller?

And why haven’t I upgraded this blog so I can post videos? These and more questions will be answered soon… maybe…