Weird Xmas for us also. Bubba will still be in California, not only winding up the transfer of 135 cases to other attorneys in the DOJ (none of which have the skills or knowledge in his specific area) and in a trial as he heads toward retirement on 12/28. The house down there is pretty much down to an air mattress, his garment box of suits and one bike so it doesn't make sense for me to go down until I can haul him and his stuff up here on that last weekend. Our 20th Anniversary is on 1/2 so I'm really targeting that for being together. Besides, mtkitchn and I put in a lot of hard work to pick out a very special champagne for the occasion.

Fortunately, we don't exchange gifts with other family members except with my parents. This year they're getting gift certs to kiva.org.

Other than that, I bake biscotti or other calorie-free treats.