noun- a festive family gathering held annually at Tuckaway Farm on the day after Christmas.

And what a HUBBUB it was, complete with the addition of new babies, copious victuals and vigorous visiting ’til the family faded into the night. The traditional joviality was in full measure.

Each year the HUBBUB serves us all to take stock . It is a deliberative pause reminding us of who we are and the good fortune that is family pulling together.

If families don’t do this at least with yearly repetition, it is quickly apparent how the vestiges of time fade the details of our commonality. The whole HUBBUB is a refurbishment of family and a review of who we are.

Happy New Year all. God, I hope we can manage to have a good time next year !