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Christmas time is by far my favorite time of year. I know I know, everyone says that. But it really is. I really love everything about it. I love the music, the decorations, the presents :), the cheerful spirit it puts everyone in and mostly what it is really all about. My Christmas really started on the last night I was in Abilene for Shane's birthday. We exchanged gifts then since we wouldn't be together on the actual day. There was only one problem. You see, Shane's mom, Jackie always fills a stocking for me too. And the problem was that since Shane's little brother Dylan still believes in Santa, Jackie was worried that if she gave me my stocking then Dylan would realize that it was from her and not Santa. But don't worry, we quickly solved this dilemma. Shane's little brothers wrote Santa a letter asking if he would fill my stocking early since I wasn't going to be with them on Christmas day. And what do you know, Santa came early :) Such a smart plan.
I headed back home the day before Christmas eve so I could be with my family. I came home to a wonderfully decorated house that was decked out head to toe in Christmas gear. My mom has become quite the collector of Christmas decorations. She has 12 bins full of stuff to be exact. So you can only imagine what our house looked like. But honestly, I think our house feels the homie-est whenever they are up. Christmas eve came and we did all our normal traditions. We went to the Christmas Eve service at church. I have always loved the service because it really gives me a break from all Christmas madness and makes me remember what Christmas is all about it. And I really love singing Christmas songs :) Then after our Christmas Eve dinner, we all changed into our pajamas, piled all into one car and headed out to look a Christmas lights. This is something we have done since I dont even know when. I remember doing it when me and my sisters were little. And we stopped by Marci's middle school boyfriend's house. We pushed her out of the car in her pj's. She was mortified. Ah, such fun memories :) Anways, this really is something I look forward to doing all December. This year we got to take Tyson and Tucker. It was their first experience. And they loveddddd it. Especially Tucker. Literally every house we passed he pointed and screamed, "LOOOOOK MOMMY!" And when I say scream, I mean it. All of our ears were ringing by the end of the trip. Though none of us minded because it was so fun to see the boys so excited to see Christmas lights. We then came home and finished wrapping presents, because of course we all had procrastinated and hadn't wrapped any of them. Christmas morning came and Tucker and Tyson were ecstatic to find that Santa had left so many presents for them. Santa was also good to the rest of us in the Chisholm household. It was a wonderful Christmas. We missed Marci, Scott, Kate and Joshua. But hopefully next Christmas we will all get to be together. And next Christmas Shane will be added to the mix. I can't wait to spend the rest of my Christmas' with him :)