The Holly Trinity

For Claire Randall, the Holly Trinity is traditions, cookies, and children. so each morning when she wakes up, after she has determined that there is no big lump in the bed beside her, so that she knows her husband has already rolled/fallen out of bed and gone to turn up the thermostat, she lies comfortably between her flannel sheets and decides what she will NOT do that day. She loves Christmas, but she's not as young as she used to be. This morning she decided not to do a yule log. It's tradition, it's baking, it's done with grandchildren, but it's also over. One of the most time-honored Christmas traditions for women is to be exhausted and grouchy by the time the Prince of Peace is born, and she's decided, for once, to break tradition.