Chapter 32
Duchy of Aragoni
Dani
MARCO AND I WERE really looking forward to Christmas, for the simple reason that the boys were well aware of what was going to happen, and they were more than ready for the experience. As usual, the merchants in the old quarter of Aragoni outdid themselves with their displays of Christmas lights and decorations, and we made several early evening trips with the boys so they could admire the lighting. About three weeks before Christmas, we acquired a huge tree that almost touched the ceiling of the living room, and the boys watched us decorate it. They begged to be allowed to help, so we finally let them place ornaments on those lower branches that were within their reach, and they had a ball doing so. We’d planned to visit Marco’s grandmother a few weeks
