Merry Christmas to All!

We are off to the land of wintery goodness to celebrate Christmas with our families. But before we set off, I'd like to share some of the holiday things we've done around here.

In front of the National Christmas Tree (on a chilly night!)

with Mrs. Claus (and the nice meter)

At the Festival of Lights, DC Temple :: out in the first snow of the winter

this Santa was very cool (a biker by day, Santa by night) and had a great Santa demeanor, but Oliver didn't think so (I was entranced by the magic of it all, I admitted to Jess on the way home. They had set it up so that Santa's helper would ask the name of the child, then secretly tell it to Santa, and then Santa would say, "Oliver, it's so good to see you!" It was awesome.)