Had a very enriching experience at the Christmas Eve service - wonderful!
Enjoyed time spent with the family over the next few days but was saddened by the death of my uncle on Boxing Day.
Found this passage by CS Lewis very inspiring:
"At present we are on the outside of the world, the wrong side of the door. We discern the freshness and purity of morning, but they do not make us fresh and pure. We cannot mingle with the splendours we see. But all the leaves of the New Testament are rustling with the rumour that it will not always be so. Some day, God willing, we shall get in.