5:41 AM
Ever since I was a little kid, I've loved getting up early at least once during Christmastime and having "dark tree time" by myself. It's so quiet and magical, for the most part - right now I hear the wind chimes chiming every so often and I've had to threaten Chad because he won't leave Magenta alone.
I wonder how many more sets of twinkle lights we can put up for winter. The kitchen and bathroom could use some magic. I need to work on winter decor, as well.
We shopped. We baked. We decorated cookies. We wrapped gifts. We put stuff together. We watched The Muppet Christmas Carol. We put out cookies for Santa and (at Little R's request) carrots for the reindeer. We rang our jingle bells at midnight and went to bed.
