finally the fourth candle is lit

Traditionally Christmas is the time to calm down, to reconsiderate what is important, to go back to the roots. The times have changed quite a bit. Now it is probably the most stressful time of the year. Full of unfilled expectations and an almost impossible pressure to top last year or any year that was percieved or remembered as perfect.

Sometimes less is more.

we worked so hard this year, especially the last months. My wife working on @lamaisonjeandel and selling jams and barbecuesauces on xmas markets, myself working on steembay and several other things, leaving us with so little time...

Yesterday we finished the last Xmas market and started the last tests for an @steembay update.

The tree is standing ...

the children had a lot of fun doing this

...and the gifts are nicely wrapped and hidden ;-)

hidden between my aquarium stuff, where noone will ever look ;-)

A last great thing happened:

I got a small packet TODAY (it was delivered to a neighbour) and I recieved the drawings of @shortcut. Perfectly timed for an early xmas present to myself. THX to an anonymous donor and thx to @shortcut for a perfect timing

Now Xmas can come!

Merry Xmas STEEMIT!

THX life, THX family, THX steem
Today I am very grateful for my life!

yours

@pollux.one