I "baggsed" Christmas this year so I will be having 15 adults and 5 kids (4 under 4) at our place for the day. I am already planning the menu because it is either going to be stinking hot (in which case I revert to my make-ahead salad based extravaganza) or tepid (in which case I will do the roast pork/turkey/whatever menu).
Starrysky DH and I made a gingerbread house last year - the homemade ones are so much better than the kits. If you google GB houses you will find entire websites devoted to them - just don't get carried away! Some people make GB castles!!
Flynn will be 3 and a half so REALLY into the whole Santa and presents thing (I have been coaching him all year - every month or so I read him a Chrissy book and he knows the words to "Aussie Jingle Bells" off by heart. Ollie will be just two so the main thing will be keeping him away from the tree!
As for the tree I made the HUGE mistake when I was pg of buying a whole heap of "heirloom" glass ornaments. I had this wierd notion that having "good" ornaments" was a great idea once kids came along. HOW WRONG I WAS LOL!! My advice for the Chrissy-obsessed is wait til your kids are older before lashing out on glass ornaments LOL!
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