Watching Santa’s test flight above Missoula, Montana.

It is not easy being good this time of year.

Marlene’s Montana Huckleberry Bars — yet another excuse to eat chocolate.

Marlene’s Montana Huckleberry Bars trivia: These delicious bars were once employed to help gain a national art store’s sponsorship for our PBS series. Once you take a bite, “resistance is futile.”

Watching the simulcast of the Missoula Symphony Holiday Pops concert.

It’s not so much that we’re cultured, it’s more that it’s orchestra music we recognize (hence, “pop”). That, and we got a free pass because our daughter and son-in-law are with the Missoula Symphony.

When it comes to Christmas decorations, no one can say we don’t make an effort.