I adore Christmas, I’m sure I have mentioned that fact before, but I really do.  Growing up Christmas was just magically. We didn’t have a lot of toys, we didn’t do Christmas crafts or go on holiday jaunts, but it was still magical.

My brother and I started a tradition of waking up in the middle of the night and pulling everything out of our stockings and seeing our big gift from Santa. Santa always brought the big gift.  A big plus for in our house is that Santa did not wrap his gifts! That is how we knew the gift was from Santa.

What I didn’t realize was that Santa wrapped other kids’ gifts.When I found this out I was no longer a believer, so it didn’t matter.

Then I got married and had kids.  Hubby’s Santa did wrap!  He wrapped the big gift and the stocking stuffers!  It was a time for copermise and Hubby’s side won!

Santa wraps at our house now. I help him get special gift wrap so that his are different looking than ours…..this parenting stuff is so complicated!

There is my five minutes of Stream Of Consciousness about Santa Wrapping!  Life changing I know! Does your Santa wrap?

 

This was my 5 minute Stream of Consciousness Sunday post. It’s five minutes of your time and a brain dump. Want to try it? Here are the rules…

  • Set a timer and write for 5 minutes only.
  • Write an intro to the post if you want but don’t edit the post. No proofreading or spellchecking. This is writing in the raw.
  • Publish it somewhere. Anywhere. The back door to your blog if you want. But make it accessible.
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  • Link up your post at AllThingsFadra.com
  • Visit your fellow bloggers and show some love.

 

 

Today’s mail brought me Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas Special on DVD! It made for the perfect Advent activity for a busy day where nothing seemed to go as planned (which means mommy isn’t up for a craft or baking).

I quickly put in the DVD as I was getting dinner ready.  Elle loved it. She watched it twice, once alone and once with Enu.  (The older girls will probably watch it as well, but the appeal isn’t as strong since Selena Gomez isn’t in it!)  Enu has declared it a winner saying that kids from three to ten will love it.  She really did say that, I think she wanted quoted in my post!

The story is simple, yet funny. It has Santa and the naughty list as well as a Christmas Rock and great Christmas decorations such as fish scales and pine cones.  I was impressed by Elle’s music comprehension skills when she noticed that one of the characters did an ice skating routine to traditional Nut Cracker music! Ray Romano and  Queen Latifah are back as well as the other famous voices.

If you are looking for a fun Christmas movie for the family to string popcorn to this is a good choice!

It is in stores now and at Amazon for under $8 (DVD) and under  $9 for Blu-Ray!

 

 

 

(Disclosure: I received a free review copy of the above movie from Fox Home Entertainment and no other compensation.)

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