Christmas Eve brought family presents for the kids to open, well, Elfie brought them I suppose. My MIL’s presents were a huge hit.
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By days end, our Christmas tree was full and Santa still has yet to arrive.![20121224-230955.jpg](https://i1.wp.com/samanthaliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/20121224-230955.jpg?w=640)
The kids decided to leave cookies for him anyway. 😉 Couldn’t hurt, right?![20121224-231006.jpg](https://i2.wp.com/samanthaliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/20121224-231006.jpg?w=640)