Christmas Time is Here

I love Christmas time. At what other time of the year could I convince my tidy husband to let us eat dinner in the office?

We added some Christmas cheer to our Friday night pancake tradition by whipping out the candy cane paper plates and dragging the booster seats into the office to watch A Charlie Brown Christmas on Hulu. The kids seemed to love it, though I never realized before just how many times Lucy says s-t-u-p-i-d until now. Thankfully Abby didn't pick up any new words during movie night...she was much too concerned with spotting Snoopy every time he popped up on the screen and yelling "There's a puppy!"

We realized just how much Abby was paying attention when, during Linus' monologue about the angel appearing to the shepherds, Abby looked at us and interjected, "That's shepherds kept their watching..." (the line from "Go Tell It On the Mountain").

It was great to take a break from all the hustle and bustle of wrapping and decorating to watch a holiday classic that remembers the reason for the season. Here's hoping we can help our kids start to understand what Christmas is all about this year...