What ever you may have given or
received, we hope you had a very
Merry Christmas.

What ever you may have given or
received, we hope you had a very
Merry Christmas.

As I write this on Christmas night, I hope that you had a very nice holiday weekend. We were blessed with a lot of nice guests in the inn over Christmas. Many have become friends in the last 9 years of running Birch Ridge; we hope that many more will become friends in the future.

In many ways, although this was our busiest Christmas ever at the inn, it was one of our easiest. We have a great staff working for us. Michalyn our assistant, has pulled double duty all weekend, working the house during the day and in the kitchen at night. Steve, aka "Frizzie", has been feeding an veritable army of people (for our size of restaurant) all weekend long. John D has been holding court in the bar, alternating between ski movies, Christmas carols and football. (So much for Dallas). Ryan our Sous Chef is coming into his own, cranking our some very nice appetizers and desserts for the holidays. And our newest employees, Briana and Merissa did a great job tending to people in the dining room. Last but not least, Mary and I are also fortunate that we were able to call on one of our first employees, Anne, to come in and help out with all of the linens during the day. We have a busy holiday week ahead of us, but our team, together with our guests, have really made our Christmas very enjoyable.

Bill and Mary in front of the Christmas Tree just before welcoming guests on Christmas Eve

Thank you all!

And to top off our Christmas festivities, at 9:00 PM this evening it started to snow! Nice white flakes are blanketing the ground around the inn. Forecast totals for this storm vary wildly, as the accumulation will be altitude dependent, but it looks like Killington did really have a White Christmas this year. I will follow up with a new snow stake during the day tomorrow. In the mean time... Think snow!