12 Favorite Things of Christmas

My 12 Favorite Things That I love About Christmas

12. My Mother in-laws Advent Calendar she made for us many years ago.

11. The Elf - each night through the month of December, Jake and Court put a shoe under the Christmas tree and if they are good each day the elf will put a small treat in their shoe during the night.



10. Neighbor Gifts. This year I was kind of a scrooge and didn't want to do neighbor gifts. I thought it would be time consuming and kind of a pain as I had over 40 to give out but once I started putting them together I had a change of heart and realized how special it is to have one day a year to tell the people whom I live around that we care about them. (Don't laugh at my gift - I know it's corny)

9. Ogden Lights

8. Making Cookies for Santa

7. My Mom and Dad's Annual Caroling Party



6. Christmas Concert - each year my Mom and Dad take us to a Christmas Concert. This year we saw Savior of the World. We saw it eight years ago but no one could remember it. Jake learned so much, it truly was an amazing night.

5. Santa Clause

4. Decorating my House



3. Spending time with family. I love the month of December as it gives us lots of reasons to spend extra time with both sides of our family.

2. Teaching my kids the true meaning of Christmas.

1. The Magic - everything about Christmas is magic to me. Looking back as a little girl I can't remember what presents I received or what activities we did but what I can remember is the feeling of Christmas which the only word I feel describes it best is - magic. This year again, I felt the magic.

Merry Christmas!