Christmas begins. . .

Every year right after Thanksgiving I have my sweet husband drag the Christmas stuff out. We play Christmas music and set up the tree. This year we Jon even put up the outside lights.

We are now ready for the Christmas season to begin. It's my favorite holiday.

 Apparently it takes concentration to work the nutcracker.

 Lights! Probably the least favorite job.

 Our nativity scene. Read a blog once where the mom mentioned that she'd purchased an inexpensive nativity scene, because she wanted her children to play with it and feel a connection to the story.

So I followed her example and have really enjoyed watching them play. This arrangement is Caitlin's latest.