a trip back in time

When I was younger, my sister and I always looked forward to Christmas. Shocker I know. But we would also look forward to December 1st. There is the cutest little village of shops by my mom's house and we'd visit after Thanksgiving to see the lights, visit the gazebo filled with gingerbread houses and do a little shopping. (you have no idea how much I miss that place!) One item on our list was the chocolate filled advent calendars.

Just like regular advent calendars but with the bonus of a piece of chocolate! The hardest part was only opening one a day. My sister was always like 5 days ahead, ok maybe I fell victim to temptation once or twice as well.

Anyway, the point of this story is that I recently went outside and saw that there was a package. I instantly recognized my mom's handwriting. I quickly opened it and found an advent calendar! She was at the village recently and decided to pick one up for me. So, I've been sitting here reminiscing about Christmas from years passed. But all that is doing is making me want to decorate the house! Damn you stupid attic!