It's the holiday season..

The American holiday season kicks off with Thanksgiving but luckily in my family we don't have to wait too long before our next round of fun. As I said before my family is mostly Irish, but in early December I get to be proud of our little bit of Czech heritage when we celebrate St. Nicholas Day. Growing up, we were the only family I knew of who celebrated this day. I loved it! To me it always felt like "Appetizer Christmas" as we'd get (and still do!) a stocking full of little treats. Per tradition, at the bottom of our stocking there's always a quarter (no accounting for inflation apparently) and an orange. It's one of my favorite family memories and I can't wait to pass it on when I have kids someday!!

Didn't get a chance to do so before, so here's a solid block of photos from the first half of my Holidays: Thanksgiving weekend with my family, visiting Kate last weekend in festive DC and our slightly adjusted St. Nicholas celebration (my poor mommy is in the hospital with pneumonia- boo!!! Feel better soon!).



Homemade Stuffing



Turkey-Lurkey Time



Family Table



Cheers!



Insane Amount of Delicious Food



Post-Dinner Sister Walk



Game Night



Apps & Drinks @ Maggie's



KW & LC



SKINNY GIRL!



Let's Go Pens



Festive White House



National Xmas Tree

 

Penny Toss



Visiting Santa's Workshop



Total BS



Patriotic Girlfriend



Hospital Treats



Comfy Socks & Nail Files make everything better :)