MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE! :) A wonderful Christmas, with many heartwarming moments! :)

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE, FROM OUR HEARTS AND HOLIDAY HOME TO YOURS! :) We're enjoying a wonderful, very merry, and heart warming Christmas holiday, with family, friends, heart warming moments of festive cheer, and the wonderfully festive spirit of Christmas :)

Happy Christmas Smiles! :) Hi angel friends! :) my family, Holly, and i hope everyone is doing well, healthy, and enjoying a wonderfully happy, blessed, and Merry Christmas, with many joyful heart warming moments :) Thank you angel friends, so very much, for your wonderful Merry Christmas wishes, and for sharing in and celebrating the holiday with us :) We've been thinking of you all often today, and we all are with eachother in spirit :) We're very heart happy, thankful, and blessed, with the wonderful gift of your friendships, and to be able to share in, and celebrate this very special day, and holiday with you all :) You all bring us wonderful joy :)We're enjoying a wonderful Christmas holiday with everyone :) You all have made our Christmas, and holiday season, very special, and memorable with many heart warming moments, we'll forever treasure :) Thank you angel friends :) Lots of spirit soaring excitement of the season! :) We've been cherishing, and treasuring in all of the heart warming moments, sharing lots of smiles, and many great memories being made :) We're very happy and excited to hear about your Christmas holiday and sharing about our's :) Our holiday home is glowing bright, with our trees, decorations ,our beautiful merry Christmas cards, gifts, and lights, with the festive spirit of Christmas all around :) We hope everyone is enjoying a wonderful Christmas day, enjoying your favorite foods, snacks, drinks, movies, shows, sports, and lots of festive cheer, that brings your hearts a lot of very special joy :) We love you all bunches and bunches, our dear angel friends :) We'll always remember, Christmas 2023 :) From our hearts, and holiday home to yours, we send our love, and our most warmest friendship hugs :) Merry Christmas! :)

Christmas Morning! :) This morning, we had a beautiful new day, rising and shining :) Christmas Morning! :) i was up early this morning, enjoying some nice time here on DS, writing to friends, wishing everyrone a Merry christmas, and my family was waking up :) We all wished eachother a Merry Christmas and i've been sharing your wonderful Merry Christmas wishes with my family and Holly, all throughout the day :) You all are wonderfully nice, and sweet :) Tiger girl was up early this morning, Santa Paws brought her some gifts, and goodies :)awww! :) She's very happy and excited! :) Tiger girl recieved food, temptations treats, a stuffed toy bird and stuffed tiger :) she loves her gifts :) She has so much fun playing with her toys, and she loves her treats :) i took pictures of Tiger :) Tiger girl is having a very meowy Christmas, and she says, meowy Christmas to all of our friends across the miles who have pets :)Awww! :) Tiger girl is gonna have some Christmas ham later on today :)

Christmas morning is very exciting, with all of the festive spirit in the air :) i remember when i was a kid, and i always couldn't wait to wake up on Christmas morning, and peeking through our living room door to see our Christmas tree, and to see if Santa Claus brought presents, and my eyes would light up with spirited excitement, seeing all of the Christmas presents :) my mom and dad had one of those polaroid camera's, that took an instant picture that developed :) i remember my mom and dad taking pictures of me sitting amongst all of the presents :) Lots of sweet christmas time memories :) as the new day was blossoming this morning, i gathered a nice big bowl of Christmas goodies :) cinnamon raisin bread, peanuts, popcorn ,and enjoyed a nice early morning nature walk :) it's a very special Christmas morning tradition, giving our nature friends lots of goodies to enjoy on Christmas day :) awww! :) i heard some happy birds around, they love gathering the goodies :) i put the goodies in our bird sanctuary area for our nature friends :) They're enjoying a nice Christmas feast :) awww! :) We love our nature friends, and the joy they brings us throughout the year :) We're very happy our nature friends are enjoying their Christmas goodies :) Happy Christmas nature smiles :)

Alyssa and family came over this morning, and Lisa came over too :)The kids were very excited! :) they love opening presents! :) We all wished eachother a Merry Christmas! :) Lisa, and family gave Holly and i, a nice football platter/gift set, with goodies, cheeses, summer sausages,crackers, and a football shaped cutting board :) it's awesome! :) they also gave us,a platter of Christmas cookies! :)wow! :) We love christmas cookies! :) we'll be enjoying the cookies :) my mom ,dad, Taylynn, Holly, and i, all had lots of fun opening our Christmas presents :) The triplets, Brayden, Colby, Jacob, Brody, were so excited to open their gifts :) they had a fun time, they toys, gift cards, and candy :) we gave Brody a mystery collectibles set, featuring paw patrol, plus a coloring book, and action figures, plus they love their x-box gaming gift cards :) Alyssa loves her gift card, and chocolates, oven mits, my mom and dad love their candy, cookies, oven mits, ice scraper, and candle wax melts :) Holly and i gave Lisa, some snowflakes themed gloves, an ice scraper, shampoo :) We gave her some gifts to bring home to her boyfriend Charlie, and Kayla :) Holly and Tiger girl gave me a sandlot baseball movie! :) Holly and i gave eachother, some nice gifts :)

i gave Holly, hotwheels set, a hot glue gun, crafts supplies, canvas painting set, plus some fabric markers, acrylic painting pens :) Holly gave me, Christmas with the kranks dvd, a beautiful sunflower painting with sweet note, an oven mit, my mom and dad gave us, an oven mit set, Christine movie dvd, plus i recieved an ebay gift card (i'll buy some superbowl collectibles), printer ink cartridges :) Alyssa and family gave us, a popcorn tin, and popcorn set, with popcorn, and spices for popcorn :) i gave Holly a popcorn tin :) my mom and dad gave Holly and i, a cool NBA 2024 Calendar, featuring our favorite NBA players, and a cool nba teenymates collectible tin, with packs of nba players figurines :) awesome! :) These are going to be so much fun to open! :) my mom and dad gave us some nice postage stamps, and nature themed postcards too! :) these are awesome! :) We all were sharing lots of smiles, and spirited festive cheer, celebrating, opening our presents :) we're very happy and excited! :) We love all of our gifts :) our pets love their blankets, toys, and treats :) We all thanked eachother :) i took some pictures of everyone opening their presents :) Sharing lots of happy Merry Christmas smiles! :)

Christmas Visits! :) Around late morning, we were getting ready to visit with family :) We got presents ready, and enjoyed a nice car ride to my sister Jenn's and family's home :) we saw some nice christmas decorations on the way there :) we arrived at Jenn's and family's home :) they greeted us, and welcomed us in :) we all wished eachother a Merry Christmas :) We got to see Jenn's and family's Christmas tree :) they have some happy birds, parakeets, and they were flying around the living room and kitchen, it was like being up close in nature! hehe! :) We all had a fun time opening presents :) Jenn, ,and Mike love their gifts, and Mikey, Hunter, and Carter love their gifts :) They got a cool game, we were playing the game in the kitchen :) Jenn ,and family gave Holly and i, some nice gifts, 2 baking friday shirts, that says baking crew, we're going to wear these nice shirts during baking friday :) We also recieved, a cool arts and crafts set for Holly ,and some sausage for me :) we love our gifts :) Jenn and family gave my mom and dad ,a nice air deep fryer :)

We brought flowers to Jenn and family :) a wonderful Christmas arrangement :) The kids were having lots of fun playing with their toys :) Their dog Mac was so happy we were visiting :) awww! :) Jenn and family are hanging out at home the rest of the day :) We're so happy we had a nice visit :) We thanked Jenn and family for having us over to visit, and wished them a very merry christmas :) We went over to my brother Charlie's house (he lives nextdoor) :)we wished him a Merry Christmas :) We brought gifts for him and his cat Fudge :) we gave Charlie coffee kcups, and an oven mit, and my mom and dad gave Charlie a new microwave, and treats ,goodies :) he loves everything :) he had his tv on, and was getting ready to watch football :) We gave his cat Fudge, some nice food, and treats :) Fudge is very happy :) he loves his food, and treats :) We wished Charlie and Fudge a great rest of the day and began our journey home :)We enjoyed a nice car ride home :) This afternoon, my brother Bobby and family visited :) We enjoyed a nice visit,and opened presents :) We gave Bobby, and family nice gifts, and they gave my parents and Taylynn some gifts, and gave Holly and i a nice hillshire farms goodies set, with meats and cheese :) it was great visiting with family :) we're enjoying these sweet festive spirited moments of the holiday :)

Heart Warming Christmas Moments :) We enjoyed a nice Christmas breakfast, and having some hot tea with peppermint candy, and water :) A very special thank you for you all, our dear angel friends :) Holly and i, and our family have been enjoying a very special, festive, and fun time, opening our Christmas mail throughout the season, and sending Christmas mail :) we'll always remember our December 12th, Christmas post office adventure, sending lots and lots of love, Merry Christmas wishes, and happy friendship smiles across ithe miles, from our hearts, and home to yours :) We love our beautiful Merry Christmas cards, our nice gifts, and wonderful goodies and treats :)We've got our Christmas cards displayed here in our living room, and we love the warmth the cards bring :) our Christmas ornaments, our trees, and my Christmas town display :) Our lights, and the very special gift of being able to celebrate Christmas with everyone, across the miles :)

You all are family to us :) it's a very special gift, the joy of friendship, and all of the heart-warming sharings of memories, stories, and great memories being made during the season :) Christmas is very special :) We're very happy,thankful, and blessed to have you all in our lives :) i've had the amazing opportunity since 2007, to celebrate Christmas with everyone here on DS :) each year, heart-felt moments, and memories i forever cherish and treasure :) it's Holly's 5th Christmas living here with us in Connecticut :) A very special thank you for Holly :) She's painted, colored, and drawn some amazing Christmas pictures, crafts, and treasures, that we love very much :) She makes a very special Christmas ornament for my mom and dad, and us all, each year, for our family Christmas tree :) We're so happy, thankful, and blessed Holly is here with us, and celebrating Christmas with her :) her Christmas spirit shines :) She's been having so much fun this season, with her crafts, and sharings :) Thank you all, our dear angel friends, for your beautifully heart warming comments, and compliments on Holly's Christmas crafts :)it brings her lots of joy :) She and i and Tiger girl too, have been enjoying watching Christmas movies, shows, all throughout the season ,and we love to pull up the virtual Christmas fireplace on my computer here, and it's so nice, cozy, warm, and joyful, seeing the Christmas scenes, on the screen :) Tiger girl loves to join us here on our couch :) it's her 3rd Christmas with us here in her forever home :) We're so very thankful for all of our pets, and the joy they brings us :) We're cherishing, and treasuring very special moments of joy, and Christmas cheer :)

Christmas Eve! :) We're very happy and excited to share about our annual Christmas eve party :) You all were with us in spirit :) our holiday home glowing bright,with our trees, lights, our beautiful christmas cards :) We had the football games on,and prepared some snacks :) cheeses, pepperoni,crackers,and more :) Holly bought a nice Italian cake for everyone to share :) Taylynn put the home alone movie on our big tv in our living room :) We enjoyed some nice snacks,and drinks :) Holly was telling us all about the miracle on 34th street, christmas lights display in Baltimore, Maryland :) we pulled up a video of the display on youtube :) Holly and i watch a video of the lights display each Christmas season, it's a very special tradition :) my mom and dad were vey excited to see the lights for the first time :) my mom and i scratched our lottery tickets wreathes :) my mom won $6, and i won $8 :) it was lots of fun scratching the tickets :) Alyssa and family came over around 9pm last night :) The kids were all excited :) We gave Aj his Christmas presents :) they gave Taylynn a cool x-box gaming system :) we enjoyed a nice visit :) it was a really sweet Christmas Eve, with lots of festive Christmas spirit :) our cat Tiger girl was all excited, about the excitement in our home :) she was running up and down our downstairs, and hallway, we believe she was looking for Santa paws! :)aww! :) Holly and i listened to some of the Patriots game on the sports radio last night :) an awesome Christmas Eve! :)

We're enjoying a wonderful, and very Merry Christmas holiday, with family, friends, heart warming Christmas moments, and the wonderful spirit of Christmas :) my family, Holly,and i are very heart happy, doing well, healthy,and in good spirits :) We're enjoying the Christmas holiday very much, with many heart warming moments, and many great memories being made :) Thank you angel friends, so very much,for sharing in and celebrating with us :) We're very heart happy,and excited :) We love hearing about your Christmas holiday, and sharing ours :) it was so nice, and a great joy, visiting with family today, going to Jenn's and family's home, visiting my brother Charlie, and having family over to our home :) it was lots of fun opening presents :) We're enjoying some nice foods, snacks, drinks, checking out the football games,and basketball games too :) Holly and i are going to watch most of the Celtics game and the 49ers vs Ravens game tonight :) i've got Christmas movies on in my Christmas town :) We're treasuring in all of the heart warming moments, of this very special day :) We're settling into the evening :) a very special thank you for my mom, for cooking a nice Christmas dinner :) we're enjoying the warmth of our holiday home, lights, cards, decorations, and our gifts :) We'll always remember, Christmas 2023,and the very special joyful gift, of all of the great memories made :) We look forward to sharing in the blossoming of the week, and counting down to the new year soon :) Thank you all again, our dear angel friends, for making our Christmas holiday, and season, very special, and memorable :) We love you all bunches and bunches! :) We wish everyone, a wonderful Christmas evening,and night :) Merry Christmas!!! :)

There's so much more to look forward too, as the holiday season and month of December continues to shine with the upcoming countdown to the new year, 2024 :) The season is filled with lots of awesome seasonal festivities, traditions, and birthday celebrations to share in :) We love the special times, and celebrations from month to month as the year goes on :) We're so happy to celebrate all of the holiday season spirit with everyone :) Christmas time, decorating, movies, lights, and so much more :) The football season is in full swing with lots of great games, plus basketball season too :) We love cheering on the teams! :) The holiday season is so much fun! :) We cherish and treasure, the many special memories being made :) We're very happy, thankful, and blessed, to have you all in our lives, and to be able to share in these very special times of the season with you all :) Thank you angel friends, so very much, for all that you do for us, for comforting us, uplifting our spirits, brightening our days, and for the very special joy you all bring our hearts :) We deeply appreciate everything, with all of the love of our hearts :) Big group happy sunny caring sunflower friendship hug :) We wish everyone a nice peaceful Christmas evening and night :)

-never lose hope :)

To Wildthing, Peaceful Gentle Moments of the day :) Wildthing, we're enjoying a wonderful day, celebrating Christmas :) spending time with family, friends, and the wonderful joyful moments, that makes the day and holiday very special, and memorable :) You're always with us in spirit, during these very special times :) We've been enjoying the wonderful spirit of the holiday :) visits with family, friends with us in spirit, opening presents, having foods, snacks, drinks, and enjoying all of the heart warming moments :) We'll always remember, Christmas 2023 :) Thinking of you, our dear friend :)

my mom, Holly, and family says hi :) Merry Christmas! :) aww! :) We hope everyone is doing well,healthy,and enjoying a wonderfully Merry Christmas :)awww! :) We love you all bunches and bunches, our sweet dear wonderful guardian angel friends :) We're enjoying a very special, and joyful time, sharing in and celebrating the Christmas holiday with everyone :) Lots of great memories being made, to always cherish and treasure :) You all are family to us, our wonderful, dear family of friends, all around the world :) Thank you all, for the very special joyful gift, of your friendship, that blesses us with lots of heart warming joy, and happiness :) We wish everyone a wonderful Christmas evening,and night :)

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!! :) A wonderful Christmas to remember! :) Thank you angel friends, so very much, for your wonderful Merry Christmas wishes, and for making our Christmas holiday very special, and memorable :) We're enjoying a very special, festive,and fun time, celebrating Christmas holiday with everyone! :) we've been cherishing ,and treasuring all of the heart warming moments, and many great memories being made :) my family, Holly, and i are very happy and excited, to share our Christmas moments, pictures with everyone :) A very Merry Christmas! :) We'll always remember, Christmas 2023 :) Merry Christmas Smiles! :)

Sharing lots of Merry Christmas smiles :) Family, Holly, and i :) 

Chris and Holly, Christmas 2023 :) 

Tiger girl was so happy and excited, to see her toys, and treats, that Santa Paws brought her! :) She's having lots of fun playing with her toys,and loves her treats :)Tiger's having a very meowy Christmas! :)

Tiger girl loves my star was Christmas stocking! :)

Christmas goodies! :) 

Christmas Town Season's greeting's! :)it's Christmas Holiday in Christmas town!: ) Merry Christmas! :)

Our Christmas tree, on Christmas morning! :) i'm going to take lots of pictures of our Christmas presents, and will share the pictures in my tuesday journal :)