Christmas is in full swing around here. We've gotten most of our decorations up and most of our presents wrapped. Yay!
Jackson and Patrick left their shoes out on December 6th for St. Nicholas. St. Nicholas was a wealthy man who spent his life using his inheritance to help the sick and needy and December 6th is his feast day. You can read all about that here.
This is the first year that Jackson could understand the concept. For some reason, he freaked out about leaving his shoes outside, but he was definitely happy the next morning when he saw his loot. He and Patrick both got books about Christmas, toys, hats and the favorite was Molly the train's car.
We got our tree last week. It's awesome! We have had lots of trouble finding a good spot for our tree in this house. One year we had it upstairs and we debated on putting it in the study or even outside on the deck. We decided to rearrange our living room furniture and put it in the corner near our mantle. The tree we found is nice and skinny and it works perfectly in this spot. I love having it in our living space where we spend most of our time. I was a little worried that Patrick would be all over it, especially since he considers it his job to cause mischief around the house lately, but he doesn't bother it. He's more interested in the soft tree skirt than the lights and ornaments.
None of my other Christmas decoration pictures turned out very well, but we do have lots of festive stuff around. I put a big garland on the fireplace and going up the stairs. I also like to "wrap" our pantry doors with plaid ribbon. I'm still working on Patrick's stocking. I'll post a pic when it's finally complete. It's taking forever!
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