It's beginning to look a lot like christmas

One of the worst things about moving out of my huse has been missng all the decorations. Iknow that shrismas is realy about the birth of christ but one of the best parts of my childhood has always been the decorations and traditions that my mom has instilled in me. So when i first got home on the 19th, it started to feel lik christmas. Here are some of the things that make it christmas for my family:

Christmas clothes, although these socks were a new additio this year.

The Christms tree. Without it Christms would just never be the same.

Stockings and the fireplace. Although it is no buring in this picture, that always happens at christmas time.

My mom's village set. Se has been collecting for years and now has such a large collection that she can not find a place to put everything and often has to leave some stuff in the box.

Christmas cookies. This year Ben had the privlege of baing them with my assisstance. This was always my favorite memory of Christmas. Rolling out the cookie dough and cutting out the different shapes. These cookies take so much time to make that it only happens once a year usually.

That is a little taste of the Anderson christmas and of course it would not be christmas without a lot of laughter. There is always something to smile about and some thing to do wich makes the season ten times happier.