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I didn’t put a tree up this year.\u00a0 I couldn’t deal with it.<\/p>\n

Just the idea of driving 35 miles to our storage unit in Auburn to get the tree, and then shoving all the boxes we’ve already packed out of the way to put it up — only to have to pack everything back up again while we’re in the middle of packing up the house to move… It all felt like too much.<\/p>\n

Besides, we were spending Christmas Day at my Mom’s house, anyway. Don’t get me wrong, I’m like a kid when it comes to Christmas, but I’m also under-rested, over-stressed and I have a living room full of boxes. Once the baby comes, we’ll decorate no matter how tired I am.<\/p>\n

And then snow happened. Apocalyptic snow in Seattle terms. The entire city is shut down. So even when I started to think that maybe a little Christmas twinkle might be nice, it wasn’t happening.<\/p>\n

Christmas morning I woke up to this:
\n\"sweetestgift\"<\/a><\/p>\n

While I was taking a nap on Christmas Eve, the husband braved the snow and hiked to the nearest drug store (which was nearly out of everything because of the snow shutdown) to buy their last box of lights and a few other items.\u00a0 After I fell asleep that night he wrapped the lights around our\u00a0tripod easel, added in a trio of stuffed animals, two chocolate bars, and topped it off with a tiny stocking that contained a beautiful pair of earrings.<\/p>\n

My guy is such a romantic.<\/p>\n

What touched your heart this holiday season? And what was the sweetest gift you ever received?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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