Decorating for Christmas

I begin my planning months in advance to save being stressed and overwhelmed when the dates of parties, tree trimming, buying gifts, etc, gets closer.  

Karl (our dog) gets into the Christmas spirit every year.

Each year when I decorated the mantle with a special Nativity scene, we noticed that the baby Jesus came up missing. It took a great deal of sleuthing to discover that Karl kidnapped the baby Jesus and took Him to bed with him every night. I think Karl had the right idea…keeping Jesus close to us even when we are sleeping.