Because it's so late to be posting about Christmas, I'm going to combine everything we did Christmas week into this one post.
First, we always love to make and deliver treats to our friends, but this year with Tom recovering from knee surgery, and me working alot, I was looking for easy fun treats to make.
I found at the store these super cute gingerbread man shaped marshmallows, and snowman shaped marshmallows. So, I used candy melts (much faster and easier than frosting, to me) to add details, and stuck them on popsicle sticks. So easy and so fun!! The gingerbread man marshmallows were actually gingerbread flavored, and the snowman marshmallows were eggnog flavored.
We also took some cannisters that I'd saved throughout the year and decorated them. The canisters were peanut cannisters, or hot chocolate cannisters, and we used sticky back foam to decorate them. We just got a big stack of multi colored sticky phone, and cut out our own shapes and scenes. Of course you could just buy a big batch of Christmas shapes and stick them on the cannisters too. 
Then, inside the cannisters we put home made caramel corn. Also a fast and delicious treat to make.
On Christmas Eve morning, I was busy finishing up a Christmas dress for Kaitlyn, which sadly, I have not taken a picture of, but it turned out nicely. While I was sewing, Kaitlyn was putting together a nativity scene. I walked into the family room, and saw this against the couches and walls:
I think these are the 3 wise men? They are separated from the Nativity scene because they were not there the night Jesus was born, they were traveling, following the star. I was suprised that Kaitlyn would remember that.
And Christmas morning! It was a happy morning. We let the kids pick out gifts for each other this year, so we had more gifts than our usual 1 from Mom, 1 from Dad and 1 from Santa. We also got beautiful Christmas Roses from Uncle Michael, and lot's of gifts from Grandpa and Grammy McGiffin!!
Here's Sarah opening the last gift. A giant one hidden behind the tree for her. It turned out to be a bean bag chair she'd been wanting since her birthday back in May. She was very happy.
Later that morning we went to church and enjoyed a nice Christmas program. I directed the ward Choir in singing a version of "Once in Royal David's City". Even Alan and Sarah sang in our little ward choir. Then, I sang a version of "O Come Immanuel" at the request of the Bishopric. I wouldn't have sung if the Bishopric hadn't asked me to because I was already directing the ward choir, but that's what they wanted. It turned out really well. 
