We spent Saturday at Old Salem, a historical site that we’ve been to countless times, but that is still a fun place to go in December. Saturday was their Christmas day – there was music and other activities for the younger kids, and decorations were all over the place. What made it fun, though, was that my Dad came with us. Actually, Dad and I were having competitions all day for best photographer. ;)

Christmas just isn’t Christmas without the cold. I love it when the time comes to break out the scarves and coats; when everyone’s faces are red when they come inside for hot cocoa. Everything seems so alive in the fall and winter; like as if the slow, sluggish air has finally decided to wake up. (That said, it was in the sixties yesterday. None of us were too happy about that. North Carolina is just so different from Minnesota! =P)

So, here’s to hoping that it will get cold again this month – and that maybe, maybe we will have a white Christmas?!?

How about you? Are you looking forward to the snow and cold?

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