It's not difficult to get into the holiday spirit in Virginia. It's cold enough that one begins thinking of hot chocolate and putting up the Christmas tree much earlier than in Atlanta. With hopes of avoiding the craziness of holiday shopping, we got our Santa visit done earlier this year, too. Jack asked for a Nintendo Labo Vehicles Set. Luke asked for a Minecraft Lego Mountain Cave. This is the second year in a row that Luke has asked for this Lego set. We are hopeful that Santa and his elves will have more time to make the set this year since we gave him plenty of advance notice by visiting him early. Our elf, Buddy, returned this morning. I heard the boys searching for him throughout the house before I was out of bed. They were delighted that he arrived right on schedule, December 1st.
