We wound up with 19" of snow from yesterday morning until about 5 this afternoon. Lost power last night and we just went to bed about 9 and got a good night's sleep. This morning, it was "tough" not having perked coffee, but we heated water and poured it into the coffee pot and it was almost "OK" just had to stand there instead of doing other things while it did the coffee....
About 10, I went out to the pole barn, pulled the Champion generator out of the corner, put a couple of gallons of gas in it (haven't used it since July) and closed the choke. It started on the first pull, played with the choke a bit, plugged in the extension cord, and it's been running since then. It's now 1020 and we're still in the first tank. Between the satellite receiver, the TV, the refrigerator and a couple of lights, all is good. The furnace is not on the generator, but we've got 2 fireplaces, one natural gas and one woodburning, so the house is probably warmer than we keep it with the furnace.
They are saying possibly up to 10 days before power is restored, so it'll be a "old time" Christmas, one that we're looking forward to. Family will be here tomorrow, the snow is moved out of the parking areas and drive, the snowmobiles are ready to go and so are the "old folks"
Thank goodness for that Champion, it's purring along, keeping us just as happy as if we were on the grid.
Merry Christmas to all