I won't be home for Christmas!

I can't believe that the last time I posted was November 28th! Here it is December 18th already. Christmas is in one week. Every year time seems to move faster and faster. I won't be home for Christmas! On December 23rd we're heading to Davos, Switzerland for the Spangler Cup. This is one tournament I've never been to. Maybe, just maybe, I'll come up with some new ideas for hockey books!
I've been going online to check out the snow situation there, since Davos is a ski town. (Anyone been there? Can you tell me some good tips--skiing, restaurants, shopping, etc.) So far there is not a lot of snow but...I'm hoping for a white Christmas and a chance to ski the alps. On January 1st I'm heading to Paris with my two daughters and my hubby and son are heading to Sweden for the World Junior hockey championships. I will try to blog and tell you about Switzerland and Paris. So...I won't be home for Christmas.
But we had a small family Christmas last weekend. My sister-in-law Linda and nephew (Ian Schultz, a budding actor who I'm sure will one day be in the bright lights), and my sister Val from Vancouver all came in for a visit. We didn't do the turkey but certainly did the sweets and festive drinks. It was great to say Merry Christmas before leaving.
I'll be taking some books to read. Right now, I'm reading an Agatha Christie--They Came to Baghdad--and loving it. I'm finding it interesting to read about Baghdad in the early 50's. Even though this is a light mystery, it still documents Baghdad in the 50's. And now that this city has been somewhat destroyed it is important to grab whatever there is on what it used to be like. Agatha Christie puts in quite a bit of description about setting. I always appreciate this in a book--novel or non-fiction. She has a great scene in the book about "air travel." I loved the part when she talked about how when they were in the air everyone lit up a cigarette. Times have changed--thank god. I think copyright on this book is 1951. During busy seasons I love mysteries as they are easy to pick up and put down. And I think I might pick up another Agatha Christie because she has one titled Passenger to Frankfurt. Or does anyone know a mystery set in Paris?
I went to see The Christmas Carol at Theatre Calgary the other day with my sister. What a brilliant production. The sets were phenomenal. And they used the original Dickens script. I enjoyed that. He was an amazing writer.
I promise to blog more once I'm in the air. I'll let you know if global warming (I think climate change would be a better slogan for global warming) has taken over Europe and I'm skiing on grass instead of snow!
Merry Christmas Everyone!