I’m sure that I was far from the only one who was having some trouble getting into the Christmas spirit this season, the main reason being the global pandemic that all of us are going through.

Even the most positive, optimistic souls among us have to admit that COVID has put a damper on the holiday season.

For many of us who live in the northland, another big reason that the holiday spirit proved elusive this season is that we didn’t have any snow on the ground.

Until two nights before Christmas, that is. That is when Mother Nature decided to step in and give us a healthy dose of the white stuff.

Seeing fresh white snow on pine-tree boughs–with a bright blue sky above –was a wonderful Christmas gift. Along with the arrival of a COVID vaccine a few weeks before Christmas, it gives hope for brighter days ahead!