A week before Christmas, the kids and I decorated some cookies. The girls understood pretty quickly that we were to be sharing these with neighbors and friends.
Carson, however, took matters into his own hands.
After a bit of decorating, we donned our coats and gloves and hats and quickly visited our three nearest neighbors. At each door, we sang "Jingle Bells" and handed them a plate of goodies. They had the decorated cookies, candy canes, kisses, and a couple small treats I'd made earlier in the week.
It was fun for me to be able to help them start one of my favorite childhood/youth traditions. I loved going out with my family - sometimes we had plates of treats and sometimes we just had a mug of assorted candy canes, but we always went caroling to friends around the neighborhood. Something was just wonderfully memorable about huddling together, harmonizing our favorite Christmas songs and loving doing it together. Not to mention the steaming cocoa fixed quickly after our return home. My kids liked that part, too!
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