Christmas Prep

Christmas takes so much prep work. Both "behind the scenes" and with the kiddos. This year, we took the "Christmas Light" approach to our prep. Since we weren't having any big functions here for the holidays, we left more than a few boxes of decorations and stuff in storage for the year. Next year though, will be "Christmas Full Force" I'm sure!

Here are some of the prep projects we had to do to prepare.

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First and foremost, we had a very big debate this year about Santa's elves. The girls have decided that each family all over the planet gets their own elf. That elf helps Santa to shop and/or make toys because Santa can't possibly do it all by himself. The girls also decided that all the elves are hidden among the humans at Christmastime. Their theories ranged from the elves wearing hats to cover their pointy ears in Target (Charlie insisted she saw one) to the elves sneaking into the air conditioning ducts at Target and waiting until it closes to come through the ceiling to get toys for their family. with all the theories though, at least the girls thought for sure that the elves leave the money for the gifts by the cash register. Of course, I encouraged these theories because this gives a fabulous explanation to how Santa gets things from the girls' favorite stores. So this year, our Christmas Eve letter to Santa included lots of questions about our elves. Here are the letters. You will have to wait to see if Santa responded in a later post and what he had to say about the Fir Avenue Grace Family Elf.

The table is set for Christmas morning breakfast.

The presents are wrapped and under the tree.
Christmas Eve jammies are ready to be unwrapped by two little rugrats.

Christmas cookies are ready for Santa and to go with our Christmas morning coffee.

I love Christmas. So much.