I loved the story of @gingerw 's prayer shawl meeting. That truly sounded beautiful - especially the joy of the little ones...

Some of friends had a little gathering too, so today I am grateful for my book club. We had a wonderful brunch with mimosa's and hot cider, breakfast casserole, Creme Brulee French Toast, ambrosia and cheeses and cookies - maybe more. Then, we had a gift exchange where we each brought a book we would like to have considered for next year's reading list - and a gift of chocolate. We based our gift swap on the Icelandic tradition of Jolabokaflod, which translates roughly to "Christmas book flood." In Iceland, on Christmas Eve everyone exchanges books, then wraps up in front of the fire with their new book and their chocolate to read. Suffice it to say that everyone left our book club brunch feeling full of good food and friendship.

If you want to read more about the Icelandic tradition, here's a link...
https://www.countryliving.com/life/a46204/jolabokaflod-iceland-christmas-reading-tradition/