Thursday, December 25, 2008

A Little Miracle

After 6 snowy, icy housebound days I am delighted to report that we left the house today! We've had weeks of frigid temperatures but it's beginning to warm up and our record breaking snowfall is melting. Much as I love snow I'm not sad to see it go, at least for now. It can come back once school starts up again.

My intrepid husband drove us through slippery snow covered side streets (and fully plowed main roads) so we could spend the evening celebrating Chanukah with good friends. We made latkes and had a chocolate chip cookie taste off and then listened to music of both the holiday and non-holiday variety. I particularly enjoyed listening to this album. While I've always despised "the dreidel song" for its annoying stick-in-your-head qualities, this version was loads of fun, especially accompanied by video. Enjoy!


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4 comments:

Mimi said...

Isn't it amazing how being housebound starts to drive you crazy? I'm so glad you got out and about, and Happy Chanukah!

(I was surprised to hear an NPR story that had referenced the dreidel had people writing in asking what it was, so I heard an explanation of it - I kind of assumed it was a universally known item)

Elisheva Hannah Levin said...

I've been wondering how you've been doing. We are getting another snowstorm--the same one that hit Northern California and Nevada yesterday, so we are snowbound again. We're supposedly used to it, but this has been one right after another. I just got out of the subdivision once this week for an hour on Wednesday afternoon.

It's beautiful but . . .

Ali said...

Glad you got out! We did, too, and I was astounded at how bad the roads still are (apart from the major thoroughfares). Love the video!

Phyllis Sommer said...

i got that cd for chanukah too! i really like it. happy chanukah!