Christmas
Christmas is my favorite time of year. I love the music, the lights, and of course the gifts. What I have noticed that is lacking from Christmas this year is Jesus. Here we are celebrating the birth of our Lord and Savior and it's next to impossible to find reference to Him anywhere. We bought our Christmas lights at Fred Meyer and they didn't have a single item related to Him. No wrapping paper, no ornaments, no lights, no snowglobes, no pictures, no trinkets, no nothing. If you want Santa, Elves, or Frosty, you're covered. It really is a huge disappointment to find that there isn't room for our Creator in capital America.

I did get most of the lights up on the house. I still have some lights to put up on the second floor roof and one set on the front fence. We even bought a small tree for the front yard although the lights were poorly placed on it. I guess I'll fix that this weekend. The tree inside the house though is awesome and I think it's my favorite tree so far. We hung all 8 stockings above the fireplace and put the bazillion presents under the tree already. We still have several gifts to wrap, but we're almost done with the shopping.