Oh what a wonderful thing for you! You're retired!! **sigh** **green with envy**
I'm still 6-8 years away from retirement though I dream of it lots and lots. I'm just grateful I don't have to work 8 hour days and am done at 3:00. The best thing for my quilting life is vacations: 1 week at Thanksgiving, 2 weeks at Christmas and 1 week for Easter. Then there's summer...10 weeks of glorious time off.
Not only that but I would go stark, raving mad if I didn't have my sanity readjusted and soothed by quilting. If I can't quilt a couple of hours a week, I am quite bereft.
Your holidays sound very peaceful. I hope you have a wonderful Christmas. I look forward to seeing the progress on your quilt.