*i love this time of year

*i love celebrating the birth of my Savior

*i love purchasing gifts

*i loathe wrapping gifts

*i love cookie exchanges

*i love matching Christmas outfits on my boys

*i love the '12 days of Christmas' countdown we did at work

*i love putting ethan in those reindeer antlers

*i love not counting calories for the entire month of december

*i love getting Christmas cards in the mail

*i love watching 'A Charlie Brown Christmas' with my charlie

*i love christmas songs, especially charlie's versions

*i love my tree (even though it has issues)

*i love my good smellin' wintery candles

*i love target's seasonal isles

*i love on-line shopping

*i love looking at Christmas lights

*i love that ethan gets to wear beanies for a while, 'cause he's cute in them

*i love making fun treats & dropping them off

*i love reading luke 2

*i love starbuck's seasonal drinks

*i love caroling

*i love white elephants

*i love my mom's sticky bun recipe that I now make every year

*i love reading a Christmas book to charlie every night

*i love red&green color schemes being everywhere

*i love opening jammies on christmas eve

*i love being Mrs. Claus for a night (and kissing Santa by the tree!)

*i love tradition

*i love buying gifts for a family who has seen better days and making their Christmas joyful

*i love peanut brittle and fudge

*i love the movie elf

*i love singing 'baby it's cold outside' with my honey and making up our own words

*i love counting down the days to Christmas

*i love stocking stuffers

*i love the candlelit service at church

*i love making everything magical

*and i just love anticipating another year...