The countdown is officially on...Christmas is just three short days away. The stockings are hung, the kids are beside themselves with anticipation, the presents are wrapped, and the baking will commence tomorrow. I love the holiday season- everything from the handmade preschool ornaments, to the lights around the neighborhood, to the innocent letters to Santa. I look forward to being woken up at dawn to the screams of excited children scoping out what Santa brought them. I love seeing the exhausted look on my husbands face, as he makes a pot of coffee, while telling the kids "in just five minutes you can open your gifts."
On Christmas Eve, I will watch my daughter sing with the Children's Choir at mass. All of the little kids will be wearing their Christmas best, and the mass will last about fifteen minutes beyond the breaking point of any toddler. Yet, it is the one day of the year when we can truly tell that toddler to, "calm down because Santa is coming tonight." I look forward to driving to the Eastern side of the state to see my family. Perhaps we'll do a puzzle, or play a game, or argue over whose turn it is to wash the dinner dishes. Either way, we'll be together and that's what Christmas is all about.
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