Giddy with excitement

I love the holiday season.

The lights, decoration, food, and smells.

From Halloween to New Years, this is my favorite time of the year.

One of my all time favorite activities is seeing all the lights.

I grab a cup of hot tea and drive around. It's quiet & nice.

Christmas movies and music are on all the time and it just feels right.

Every year, my dad and I do the outside house lights.

This year was no different.

Right now, it looks like a Christmas bomb went off in our house.

I love this holiday season!!

Have you started decorating yet?

Tradition

Every member of my family, young to seasoned, receives a typed Christmas letter each year from me. I started this tradition several years back with my parents and it just evolved into my "thing." Every letter is different, every letter unique, and every letter is from the heart.

Sometimes, I feel, people loose sight of the importance of family during Christmas and I am trying my best to keep "good tithings to you and your kin" alive and well. Sure some letters may be written at 2am on Christmas...but it is my mission to give everyone their letter...straight from the heart this year! Oh and the Christmas letters are being started this week to avoid any late nights on Christmas ;o

OH and if you have forgotten...there are TEN days until Christmas :o