Twenty-nine ghouls all snug
in their beds while visions of sugar plums danced in their heads!
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| Some of Charley's Monster High "ghouls" all lined up "in bed" awaiting Santa's arrival! Keep reading for an explanation. These photos are weird sizes since they were taken with my phone. |
It has been a lot of years since we did the whole Santa routine on Christmas Eve. This year we are blessed to have Charley & Darrin here in
Today, on Christmas Eve, we
had my family celebration at my dad's. We opened presents galore & shared a
Christmas brunch that my sister, Stephanie & I put together. Charley could
hardly contain her joy waiting to open her presents. Of course, Gaga let her
open one on the 22nd & another this morning before we headed to my dad's. If you can't break the rules, what fun is it being a Gaga?
This afternoon the talk
turned to Santa. When will he arrive? How will he find Gaga & Lou's house?
How does he get in? And, on & on. Of course, most questions could be answered
with a simple phrase, "It's the magic of Christmas."
Charley loves anything Monster High & currently has 29 "ghouls" (actually a few of them are boys, not
"ghouls", get it? - ghouls, girls?), most compliments of Gaga. You already know I can't help it. They provide her endless hours
of pleasure. They put on shows, they zipline, they sing, they have discussions,
they sometimes fight, they share each other's clothes & they really have
good messages in all the movies. Google "Monster High" if you want to
find out more about them.
Late this afternoon Charley
began putting all the ghouls to bed for Christmas Eve. She used boxes, gift
bags &, finally when those ran out, napkins to make beds lining them up
from our stairs, across the dining room & into the kitchen. We all had to
be really quiet & whisper while the ghouls were going to sleep.
I had bought her four pairs
of baby socks to use for the ghouls' Christmas stockings which we placed tape on the top of so she could write their names on them. She hung them up
along our fireplace with hers & Daddy's, mine & Lou's.
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| All of the ghouls stockings taped to our fireplace along with ours. |
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| More ghouls snoring away on the night before Christmas. |
Upon our return from driving
around looking at Christmas lights, we had dinner then eventually Darrin got
Charley to sleep in spite of the pending Santa excitement. I placed a Hershey's kiss
in each of the ghouls stockings. We pulled out the Monster High school
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| Our little Christmas tree with Santa's delivery awaiting Charley in the morning! |
Charley put a gingerbread man cookie & a
marshmallow out for Santa along with a glass of milk. Santa, AKA Darrin, ate
the cookie & took a bite out of the marshmallow leaving the rest & the
empty glass on the table.
I can't wait for Christmas
morning either!
