25 reasons to love life!

I love the Christmas season. I just read an interesting (pretty tough) article on gift giving, but that got me thinking about the joys of the season...

In no particular order (25 for the 25 days of December leading to Christmas)...
1.) Fireside cuddling, (especially while watching...)
2.) Christmas movies!
-White Christmas
-The Grinch (both Jim Carrey, and the old cartoon version)
-Muppet Christmas Carol
-A Christmas story ('you'll shoot you're eye out!')
-Family Man (with Nicholas Cage)
-While You Were Sleeping ("Ceasar Romero was tall")
3.) "Hot Drink" (Chai, Hot Chocolate, Apple Cider)
4.) Tree decorating at mom's
5.) Tree decorating at our house
6.) Cutting down the tree with family
7.) German Christmas treats (lebkuchen)
8.) Picture of our dog in reindeer antlers (with bells on)
9.) Decorating the house
10.) Yummy candles
11.) Waking my wife up before she wants to get up on Christmas morning!
12.) Christmas breakfast (mmm, French toast and hot chocolate)
13.) Christmas dinner (mmm, Smoked turkey and mashed potatos)
14.) Exchanging ornaments with my wife
15.) Christmas music!
16.) Advent calendars with chocolate in them
17.) Christmas breakfast for our beagle
18.) My mom and my wife's mom stuffing a stocking for our beagle =)
19.) Somber candle services
20.) Joyous church celebrations!
21.) Christmas carols
22.) Snow
23.) Giving gifts
24.) Christmas eve evenings (time with family, early gifts, late movies and talking)!
25.) Jesus, our savior was born!!