Our family kicks off the Christmas season with the Santa Claus parade, the day after Thanksgiving Every year we have taken the girls no matter what the weather. We welcome Santa to town and enjoy listening to the bands play Christmas music. The girls favorite thing, besides seeing Santa, is getting candy canes thrown to them instead of frooties!
After the parade, we have a special visitor that comes to stay with us for a few weeks. His name is Elfie, and he is our very own Elf sent from the North Pole to keep and eye on the girls. The girls love to get up in the morning and look to see where Elfie will sit next.
After lunch Harry usually sets up the Christmas tree with a few little "elves" helping. I love my Christmas tree but I'll talk more about that later.
That night, we head downtown for a Christmas carol sing-a-long and the lighting of the town Christmas tree. There is also cookies and hot chocolate for a treat.
To finish off the "Kick off to Christmas Night", each family member gets a special ornament to commemorate the year. They are the first ornaments to be put on the tree.
Wendy with Jingle!
Megan with Merida from Brave!
Ellie with Tweety Bird!
Harry with the Dark Knight!
And me with too many to list!
This is just the beginning of a special and magical time at our house! Looking forward to sharing more traditions and memories with you during this Christmas season.
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