Merry Christmas Eve!

Every year Celia and I take our gingerbread house building very seriously. We always build the houses from scratch even though there is never any intention of eating them. And without fail I will screw up at least one of the many steps. And I will wonder why it never occurs to me to get the houses ready when life is calm and not during the lead up to Christmas frenzy. But of course that is part of the charm when we finally sit down with the array of candy in front of us and we take a breath and say here we are, how fortunate we are, and... my house is gonna be better than your house.