Twas the Day Before Christmas

Without elaborating an opinion, more places seem to be shutting down this year.  Most of the stores close at about 6PM.  By then shabbos will have already commenced.  Nothing open tomorrow except gas stations, places for medical urgencies, and  first responders.  A day of rest, maybe respite.  Churches open.  Synagogues too, as the legal holiday coincides with our weekly observance of shabbos.

Have enough gas.  Need mini-challot, so off to Shop-Rite this morning.  Ingredients for cheesecake on sale, so get that too and make the cake in a few days.  But for the most part, let the year count down, some projects completed, others to continue, others to be abandoned.