It’s that time of the year where all you hear is Jingle Bells and you truly feel like you’re Dreaming of a White Christmas, wherever you go. This year we’re lucky enough to be going far, far away from a White Christmas. In fact, our Christmas will be kind of brown…like a dune, to be exact! On Saturday morning we leave for a visit to Namibia – my first in three years. John once did visit before we met, but the real highlight is the fact that his parents are joining us for their first visit. My mom’s been in organization overdrive for almost six months and I’ve been told that the biltong and droewors supply is looking good and that the white wine is well chilled (just the news I wanted to hear!).

We’ll be traveling for 26 hours to get to our destination (double ugh!) and I already know that my luggage will be a) overweight and b) unable to close. Dammit. How does Christmas shopping always go this route? I have put tomorrow night in the calendar for packing so if you hear loud wailing coming from Manhattan, that will be me trying to decide which summer outfit NOT to pack.

Wishing you all a warm Christmas and a safe holiday – whether you’ll be having a White or Brown Christmas.