ornaments
cookies
lego contraptions
more mess than we can clean up before dad gets home
eating
lebkuchen
cookies already mentioned
clementines (the smell of the season)
working on
new christmas songs
emptying closets
christmas lists
ornament swap
last practice for nutcracker performances this weekend
reading
the advent book
santa mouse
the nutcracker
gingerbread baby
the sweet smell of christmas
sinking into the luxurious suspension of everyday life
