Have a Happy Chris'mas!

Stella here.
Oh, golly, it's a fine thing t' not have a cold anymore! Me an' Harvey had us a real corker o' one lately and I AM SO GLAD t' get outta th' house again an' see folks and feel (almost) human again once more!!!

I been runnin' around tryin' t' catch up on gettin' ready f'r Christmas! Th' girls're comin' an' th' grandkids, an' later on Molly an' Webb're comin' over f'r Chris'mas supper.
At least Webb'll be here if Molly can get him t' put in his new choppers. After th' dog ate his old ones he was one sad fella. Now he's got a new set only he says they feel "odd" an' Molly says he ain't been out in 'em in public yet. (Y' don't gotta have teeth t' run a snow plow, so I guess that don't count as Out In Public.)

It's mighty pretty here in Moose Cove, now that we got some real snow. Wish I c'd send along some pictures, only there ain't no way t hook up a cam'ra t' th' computer over here t' th' library. So y'll just have t' imagine.

Th' water in th' cove looks all slatey gray an' th' trees look like somebody slung cotton all over 'em. Things here is pretty much at a standstill. There ain't nobody from away around... guess they're all down t' LL Bean 'r else mebbe Portland whoopin' it up an' spendin' their dough there.

As f'r me an' Harvey, we're just glad not t' be honkin' an' blowin' an' sneezin' non-stop!
We was one sorry lookin' outfit last week!

T'morra bein' Chris'mas Eve an' all, th' library ain't gonna be open, so I gotta get in my good wishes t' ev'rybody t'day. An' since they ain't open again till after New Years, we're stockin' up on readin' matter an' then headin' home. Harvey's bringin' in th' tree this afternoon. We only got a little one this year, cuz we're experiencin' low money just like just about ev'rybody else here. Still, 't wouldn't be Chris'mas without a tree.

We both wish all o' our friends lots o' joy an' good times. Hope th' jolly ol' fella in th' red suit brings us all what we want most, an' that y'r fam'y an' friends 're as fine as ours.
See y' in 2011!
Love,
Stella