Merry Christmas and good fortune to all.

A new kind of Christmas--went to midnight mass at St John Berchman Catholic Church in Chicago last night--got home at 2 am. My son was playing for the service. It was a multilingual service and a multicultural congregation. What a wonderful experience, we sang all the old favorite carols, and heard a few new Spanish ones.
Today we went to Chinatown for dinner, which was excellent. It was so busy there--we had to drive around for a while to find a parking space. The restaurants were doing a great business. After we ate, we shared our fortune cookie fortunes and mine said "You will take pleasant journey to a place far away."
In about an hour we are driving to Milwaukee, and early tomorrow morning we leave for Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
I hope that you all will have a pleasant journey soon, and I wish you a happy and peaceful new year.