| neighborhood lighting up |
| gifts already sent to far off and unmet family members |
| taking notes from edgy santa |
| trusted with the secret family christmas cranberry-nut bread recipe |
it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas around here, the kind where baking and family and wrapping of gifts are involved. the parts i like. away from malls and christmas music and old men with white beards. i'm not biggest christmas fan, but maybe more on that later once i find my misplaced soap box.
| christmas decorating at our house |
| christmas tree at the in laws |