It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas

I realized I never showed you my Thanksgiving pictures; then I realized that in most of them we're decorating for Christmas, so why not put all the decorating ones together in one big slideshow? I guess our Thanksgiving traditions consist of eating (which we were so busy enjoying that we didn't take any pictures), watching football (and who wants pictures of that?) and decorating for Christmas.
Speaking of traditions, looking through my pictures also made me think about the traditions Mike and I brought into our marriage, and those we've started. Gingerbread, for instance. I never had gingerbread growing up (it's still not my favorite), but it's our tradition now to bake gingerbread men right after Thanksgiving, as our first Christmas treat. Neither one of us had an advent wreath growing up, but we started having one several years ago and now it's one of my favorite family times. We have 2 Christmas trees (aren't we spoiled?). One is the fancy tree Mike wanted, artificial, with white lights, red and gold balls, and a train going around the bottom, and the other is what I call the family tree, real, with multi-colored lights and all our home-made and memory ornaments. When we had a 2-story house it didn't feel quite so silly as it does now, with 2 trees in basically the same room...but my girls wouldn't have it any other way!