Our Christmas tree lights after dark
Baking with my girls
Homemade fudge
Baking for our cookie trays
Our trays we gave away this year.
Wreaths on windows
My gingerbread decorations
Decorations around our home that have been made for us through the years by loved ones.
Getting Christmas cards in the mail. With facebook, the cost of stamps, and email, not too many people mail them anymore but it's still one of my favorite things about this time of year and I appreciate the ones we do get!
Designing and mailing out Christmas cards every year. I love sending Christmas cards as much as I love receiving them. This is the front of our 2011 card that I mailed out.
I made our Christmas cards this year to also be our change of address cards. I put our new information on the inside of the card.
This is the bottom half of the inside. Top half had our new information. I don't want to show that part here on the blog though.
I designed the cards through Apple and our iphoto program and I love that I was able to include pictures on the inside as well.
Another thing I love about Christmas- A warm fire lit. I've never roasted chestnuts over an open fire but I hope to one day. I love burning logs on Christmas day! The sight. The smell. The warmth.
Homemade ornaments hanging on our Christmas tree! Ornaments that the kids made all on their own initiative. Natalie made this ornament this year.
Christmas children's picture books.
Family gathered around the dining room table for Christmas dinner.
Traditions. All of them. Including making rudolph cookies for Santa on Christmas Eve.
Christmas movies! Confession: I watch them all year long but not as much as I watch them during December. I've made it a habit to add a few new ones to my collections every year. My favorites are the Hallmark and ABC Family Christmas movies. Above is what I added to my collection this year.
Christmas music is another love of mine! I recently saw a thread on a board that I frequent about Christmas songs that people hate. I honestly don't think their are any Christmas songs that I hate. Sure, I like some more than others, but really I love all Christmas music. Bing Crosby is a favorite of mine though.
Their is a lot more that I love about Christmas. These are just a few of my favorite Christmas things.
