DEAR ANNE,

THANK YOU FOR BEING WILLING TO CLIMB THE LADDER THIS YEAR SO I DIDN'T HAVE TO DO IT.

LOVE MOM

NOTE TO SELF:

DON'T BOTHER REMINDING BRYAN IN OCTOBER OR NOVEMBER ABOUT GETTING THE LIGHTS UP - SOMETHING ABOUT "NOT MESSING WITH TRADITION".

P.S. BY THE TIME THE STORM WAS OVER - WE HAD 12 INCHES.