Hi Daddy...the season kind of came and went (well its almost over) and it just never caught up with me...the hustle and bustle of shopping and all the of the activities with the kids and the just the everyday stuff make it hard to enjoy the holidays as an adult. And then the day hits and I am reminded of all the happy years and the wonderful memories we all made together as a family during the holidays. You know how I used to love Christmas, I would actually cry that night upset that we had a whole 365 days to wait for it again. I was the one who put up the lights and the tree and made everything just right and insisted on the Christmas music and the whole nine yards...you could care less, LOL. But I can still hear your laugh on Christmas at Aunt Nini's during crazy Italian Christmas songs (Gay La La Gay La La, etc) and retold stories of the old neighborhood from Aunt Mela and Uncle Mikie and the best...swinging Christmas balls from the bar that drove Aunt Nini and Uncle Sonny crazy. I miss all of that and it has not been the same the last 3 years...I cannot believe its 3 years! I miss you like it was yesterday that you left us and I wish you were here to celebrate with us. The 3 of us try and go with the motions and make sure we still adhere to old traditions, but it is so hard to do it with a smile. I thought I would be ok this year, but sitting down and thinking about it is very painful. Today will be especially hard, my cousins, Mommy and Grandpa are not the same without Aunt Christine...so its a whole other wave of emotions today too. I hope wherever you are you are all together somehow and having a great time...fish today, lasagna tomorrow and laughing and smiling down on all of us. I love you Daddy more than you can ever know...Merry Christmas in Heaven :)