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(Catchup - 28 December 2025)
Hello, Dear Readers, and happy Christmas. Here is a little treat for you. It's a review of a children's opera that relates directly to Christmas!

( Amahl and the Night Visitors, 1955 )

Hello, Dear Readers. Let's start with a lovely post that I made tonight on Reddit.

Birthday of Tito Schipa

https://www.reddit.com/r/OldOpera/comments/1pxhits/birthday_of_tito_schipa/

( Read More Here )

As for my own life, there isn't really much to say. Christmas was fairly quiet, as usual. A and D have been coming down for breakfast, since they're off until the first week in January. They came and we exchanged gifts. Mostly, we got clothing and money. Mom gave me a few little things later, but that's our tradition, since I love stocking stuffers. Everyone has been doing well, and life is pretty much back to normal, albeit different now. At first, I just joined them out of sympathy and empathy, since M died and I wanted them not to feel alone. As a forty-two year old, I certainly have every right to eat by myself, and also to eat my own food, if I wish. But both the food and the company have been so good that I haven't chosen to do so. I am guaranteed to laugh at leat once with them, and usually several times. My parents are really pulling out all the stops with food. We've had so many interesting things lately that I'm beginning to lose track! Some are from Omaha Steaks, which I very highly recommend for their excellent foods. Tonight, for instance, Mom made Beef Bourguignon (Beef Burgundy). I had never had it before and I loved it. This morning, she made her delicious eggs, which I have always enjoyed, and they were wonderful! Joanie's been making her French toast, spair ribs, rib eye steak, quesadillas, and pepperoni bread. The other night, after ourmeal, we had caramel apple tarts. I thought I wouldn't like them, since I don't like caramel in chocolate, but they were extremely good! I am almost finished with my usual little bottles of wine, so I am going to try the ones in the Advent calendar.

Joanie didn't get as much snow as she wanted after Christmas, but we did get a few inches. Mom doesn't like it at all, since it means ice, and she's afraid to walk on it for good reason, having fallen a few times in her life on it. I'm not crazy about it, but I don't fear it. Alli, on the other hand, decided that snow is the enemy and must be barked into submission!

I finally made the switch back to IOS. I don't hate Android, but honestly, the Galaxy A15 was just too big, and I like the home button and a few other things inIOS, plus the fact that my Orbit Writer keyboard works beautifully with it and is small. The battery in my iPhone SE 2020 is only at eighty percent capacity, so I was planning on getting a newer phone. I found an iPhone SE 2022 with 100% battery for $112 and simply had to get it! Joanie tried to put the sim card into it, butshe couldn't get it to fit, and she didn't want to push it in and break it, so we're taking it to TMobile. I'm with Mint, whichis owned by them, and my parents are with TMobile, so I doubt it will be a problem. I'll still use my A15 for various things, but for phone calls, Seeing AI, and other instances where I need to hold the phone, I am very glad to return to a small form factor. And yes, I did consider the blueFox NX1, which is similarly priced. I might get it in the future. But I don't know much about the company or anything about their updates. The SE 2022 will be updated for several more years.

I have a few filler entries to write for this month, so I will probably do that tomorrow. At least one will be an opera review.