Happy New Year 2016

I grew up with the idea that families got together on New Years to play games. It would often start on New Year's Eve at somebody's house. We'd play games and have cheese and crackers and chips and soda. That was always the greatest part about the new year. Mom always took the tree down on New Year's Day. It was sad. But I have carried out that tradition of taking the tree down on New Years. What else would I do? Although there was one year when Jenna insisted we put the tree up right after Thanksgiving. I took it down on the 26th because it had been up entirely too long. I think because it was taking up space in our cracker box house and everything always felt so clumped together with no elbow room even when it wasn't Christmas. ...