Chapter 11 is in for posting. It covers the rest of Christmas Day right up to bed time. There's a mention of a chocolate covered caramel apple in this chapter. For those of you curious about them, they're made by the Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory (and probably other similar establishments). They're simply amazing. If you've never had one, look up Rocky Mountain and find the nearest location. They're worth the effort.
Again, apologies for my email delinquency. I suffer from insomnia, so when the bouts get bad, I'm a virtual zombie. That's good for my writing because my mind's eye rambles vividly in a glazed state similar to dreaming while you're awake. Medical professionals like to call them hallucinations and claim they're bad for you. What do they know?
Unfortunately, it's bad for correspondence. I often don't have the brain power to answer serious questions when I get like this. My girlfriend knows that it's bad when I start to enjoy the cartoons she watches. She tries to send me to bed at that point. It hasn't been working out lately.