I bet you feel the same way that I do this time of year – I love to give to others – and this time of year is a great opportunity to show love, respect, appreciation and admiration to all the people who add color and Light to my life.

Sam and Sophie have a holiday music recital tomorrow – Sam playing ukulele and Sophie playing violin – and I know we'll really get in the spirit of the season after hearing all those kids play their Christmas songs!

Today we had brunch up at Chautauqua and I took photos for our holiday photo card with the snow-dusted Flatirons in the background. (Yeah I know, I am running a little late, but I was tied up last week…) We picked up a tree from our local farmer on the way home, and there were packages on the front porch this evening. I suppose the logical next step is to bake some gingerbread cookies tonight…and oh I almost forgot we are invited to a Cookie Decorating Party tomorrow morning!

Tonight we'll decorate the tree, and unpack all those ornaments collected over the years. We'll tell the story attached to each ornament as we unpack them and hang them high enough so the cats can't knock them down…then we'll turn on the lights and admire our work… gotta have a mug of hot cocoa in hand when we flip the switch!

We hope that you are having a wonderful week of holiday traditions, leading up to Christmas and New Years, or perhaps you are celebrating Hanukkah, Kwanzaa or the Winter Solstice. Watch for our Winter Solstice newsletter midweek, and hope you find lots of good stuff in our big sale this week!