12 days till Christmas.  Wow!  Am I ready?  No way!  But progress is being made. 

Two trees are up.  The smaller one is decorated.  The family one has the lights on.

We like to have the grandchildren over to put the ornaments on that tree, followed with pizza and hot chocolate.  The age range of our grandchildren spans 13 years so the oldest ones hang the ornaments on the top.  The youngest hang the ones on the bottom.  There was a time when we had a lot of ornaments on the very bottom branches.  And I always left them there. 

This year we will have only two to help hang.  A 13 year old and a 10 year old.  The pizza and hot chocolate may be history.  They each have parties this evening so will be here about 2 hours to hang ornaments.  This is a very busy time for everyone, but let's not forget why we are having this celebration. 

It is not a celebration of getting together with family and friends.  It is a celebration of the birth of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.  John 3:16  "For God so love the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life."

To summarize, on day 12:

            Most of the shopping is done

            Most of the gifts are wrapped

            2 trees are up

            1 tree is decorated and the second one will be done tonight

            5 luncheons/dinners are past

            4 luncheons/dinners to go

            Family get together planned and menu planned

How are you doing with your Christmas celebration plans?

Here is another Christmas holly dish I painted.  This is a soup plate.