happy st. nick's day!

Did you celebrate St. Nick's Day growing up?
We did.
We would get small gifts like our favorite candy or earrings something like that, but it was just a fun little something to find in our stockings in the morning on December 6th.

St. Nicholas had a reputation for secret gift-giving. They say Santa evolved from St. Nick. And today is his feast day.

Have you ever heard of it?
Apparently it's most popular in the US in areas with strong German influences like Milwaukee, Cincinnati, and St. Louis. (thanks wikipedia)
According to Wikipedia you're supposed to put out shoes. And when I wished my co-workers a Happy St. Nick's Day, Kyle asked, "Is that the shoe one?" My family never put out shoes, but apparently some people do.

I just love it as an official beginning of Christmas.

So here we are.
Christmas 2011!

Time to pull out the Christmas movies and jump into the season even more.

do you have a favorite christmas movie?

i feel like i have love actually on repeat during the holidays and it doesn't bother me at all. yeah, i watch love actually all year, but especially at this time of year.

i watched & read a christmas carol.

i've also been watching a lot of abc family christmas movies. no, that channel doesn't come through my antenna, but everyone can watch hulu. they're awful and great at the same time.

hulu even has A Charlie Brown Christmas.

Thank you hulu!

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museum field trip

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