I'm still dreaming of a White Christmas!

This is a "picture of Winter in Northumberland, England." Its beautiful and probably as close to a white Christmas as I'll get. It feels cold enough to snow today though. It is cold today! It would make me so terribly, terribly happy if it would snow this year around Christmas. I don't know what it is, I guess it's just that childhood wish that never dies. Jessie and I had talked about taking a trip somewhere northward after Christmas, staying in a cozy cabin, in a state where snow was abundant! But...I don't know if that will happen, being as Christmas sprung up and my wallet looks like those cartoon wallets with the moths flying out of them. I mistakenly mentioned to the kids that we were thinking about doing it, and Lily still asks me, periodically, "when are we going to go to where it snows?" But we'll see. Anything is possible!! (nervous laugh) It's just kind of a cruel irony (moneywise) that the kids' birthdays have Christmas sandwiched between them...Seth's is in November and Lily's is in January! haha its 3 times the spending and 3 times the new toys in their room! Nice one! Seriously though...I don't want to sound like I'm complaining, because I love Christmas and I love kids' birthdays and I love celebrating, so its good. But I still want snow for Christmas! For the kids, of course.