Lori - I used to be a 911 dispatcher, and hopefully you won't have any Christmas tree fires. Seems I had one every year. Parents ("Santa") would leave the lights on so it would be all sparkly and pretty when the kiddies woke in the morning. Unfortunately the tree was pretty dry by then too.

Solo - I'm sure your residents will appreciate the hugs, wear something silly, wear a Santa hat with jingle bells. Any Church choirs willing to come around? Scout groups?

I won't be working Christmas day, but will be working Christmas week - on a hurricane levee project. After a series of articles in our local paper, about sea level rise and ground level subsidence, giving us a net loss of 4 feet elevation in 100 years, it all seems so hopeless. Bah humbug!