Christmas 2009 Recap

The title says it all...and just a warning, this is major photo overload.

We bought a cheap-o smaller tree this year (since our normal tree is too big for our current small house) and some shatter-proof ornaments for Clara to hang:


Her decorating style involved hanging as many ornaments on one branch as possible. I think this one ended up with eight or nine eventually:


Decorating "gingerbread" (graham cracker) houses:



"What? You won't give me candy or frosting to do a graham cracker house of my own, so go away and let me climb in peace."



Our Christmas Eve tradition: decorating Santa's sugar cookies.





Cute sisters on Christmas Eve:


The big day arrives. To quote Clara: "Santa, Santa, ho, ho, ho!"








We hope everyone had a very merry Christmas and a happy New Year!