Like A Dessert of Snow

Nidhal made that observation [in the title] when we were driving to Sam's Club to buy bread. He said that Michigan right now looks just like the Sahara in southern Tunisia except that here it's white instead of yellow. Pointing to the snow drifting over the right lane of the road, he said, "Look! That's exactly what it's like in the dessert!"

And it's cold. Last night, weather.com said that it felt like -29 degrees Celsius, so Nidhal went outside to experience it. Earlier, he had told his father that it was -16 degrees Celsius (about 2 degrees Fahrenheit), and his dad said, "And you're still alive?" It does, however, get cold in Tunisia... just not that cold. In the northwest, there are mountains and it snows there, and it gets cold enough in Tunis (the capital on the Mediterranean) to warrant a winter coat.

Christmas is coming! I still need to make some Christmas cookies.
Great things about Christmas:
1. decorated Christmas trees
2. Christmas music
3. Christmas cookies (making and eating)
4. the smell of cinnamon from candles
5. Christmas lights
6. the giving of gifts
7. sitting and relaxing