Imagine a Christmas Without Electronics!

This actually happened this year in the Nielsen house. No one received anything that required batteries, needed to be plugged in or connected to the Internet. Instead everyone received something practical. The family also received a great "back to the basics" game which was fun for the whole family. It's called The Game of Things and uses brain power not electrical power!

The day after Christmas we enjoyed breakfast together then took a 3-mile hike in the woods where we enjoyed the beauty of listening and seeing nature in all its glory. A bright blue sky against trees that had no leaves. We noticed as we viewed the trees that some had bark with a reddish hue which is something we would never have noticed if we were whizzing by in a car. The sound of a rambling brook as it meandered through the woods, trying to figure out which footprints were left by humans, dogs and deer, breathing in the fresh crisp winter air were also some other things we experienced.