Magic in the Air.

A beautiful print depicting Christmas

night as families all over the World wait

for the jolly man in the red suit!  A time

of peace and hope, and magic in the air.

💗 Chy 💗

He Still Believes ....

I love that at 12, our little gs still believes.

I think he has a bit of wonder about the

whole thing but he's a great kid and as

long as we choose to believe, he will too!

~ Chy

Important Mail.

Though we don't live in her riding, we have a favorite

MLA (Member of the Legislative Assembly). She is

outspoken but sensible, engaged with her community

and her constituents, will go to bat for the underdog

and she's gay! We love her spunk, her energy and the

love she has for everyone she comes in contact with.

Even those who make her angry. In our little home,

Christmas really can't start until our card from Janis

and her cat Oregano arrives in our mail. Here it is,

sitting up on our mantle. Love the Santa Claus too!

~ Chy

St. Nick was here!!

After icing cookies, eating brunch,

making up goodie trays and opening

our stockings, it was finally time to

see if St. Nick had visited our house.

And he did! We were very blessed with

many lovely gifts under and beside our tree!

My dh went from making food to playing

St. Nick, wearing my dad's Santa hat. A

tradition he brought down from his dad,

my grampa and now to his kids and his

grandkids and even his great grands.

A lovely relaxing time of opening gifts

and marveling at how each has meaning.

Cookies for Santa.

Our grandson wanted to make special

cookies this year for Santa. He chose

this mix of Star Wars and did a great

job baking them with his mom. And

dear old St. Nick loved them! Even

left a very nice note, thanking our

little B for the treat. It was really sweet

to watch the expression on B's face.

Did your family make cookies for Santa this year?

Is this a tradition you carried forward from your childhood?

Stop here, Santa!

Our little guy expressed a concern when I had in my car last week that maybe Santa wouldn't know where we live. He's heard a few snippets of conversation about how frustrating it can be to find us out here in the country. We're not far from town, just minutes away, but where our new home is located is a bit of the beaten track. We love that we're part of a subdivision but there is just five of us tucked away, off the main drive, down a little lane, that says "private drive" at the start. So people tend to stop, see the sign, then keep driving, realizing we aren't where they expect to find us. Our neighbor to the west of us is the original owner of all the land and he recently took down the "private drive" sign and put up a really nice new sign, with all five house numbers listed. Now it's much more clear that there are properties down the private drive. And now that the leaves have disappeared, you can actually see a bit of our house peaking through the tree trunks. The last delivery of a parcel last week was easy for the driver to find. However, for a small five year old boy, all he knows is sometimes our guests or delivery guys have a hard time figuring it out. So now he's worried that Santa won't find our house. He said to me "gramma, I'm such a good boy but he won't know I'm here!" Poor little guy!! He's such a thinker. So I was super excited to stumble across a sign we used to put up at our old house, gifted to us by friends, years ago when our kids were small. It was at the bottom of a bin of decorations we don't use anymore and I was going through them to donate away. 

It's a bit beat up and I had to glue new pine cones on the front but this should do the trick so old St. Nick will find our small boy! He is away this weekend visiting his dad but will be home later this afternoon. I can't wait to hear what he has to say when his mom points out the sign as they pull up in to our driveway. I can just imagine he'll have two things to say: "hey, now Santa can find me!" then in the next breathe: "hey, gramma doesn't like the color red!!" Yup, he'll be right on both accounts. Such a smart boy, like gramma. 

This boy ....

.... loves Santa Claus and gets so excited

every single time he sees the man in the plush red suit.

 

It could be a Christmas card that comes in the mail,

with old St. Nick on the front.

 

Or a tv commercial.

 

Or out shopping and the visuals are every where.

 

He talks about Santa, says his name clearly and with glee.

 

But put him on the man's knee and this is what happens ....

 

 

Think we'll skip the visit to the North Pole next year!!