My kids. We're in that wonderful period now when Christmas is still magic.

And I too love all the silly and sappy TV shows, movies, and cartoons......almost every one of them.

I love the traditions we've established with Connie and Wayne. Yeah, they aren't real old traditions, but we do the same things at the same times every year and it wouldn't be Christmas anymore without them.

One of those is going out and looking at the lights one evening, all piled in the van, on our way to the zoo for "Zoolights"........I love lights, but I hate the all white ones.

And every year Karen and I take a "Shopping Day" where we go downtown Columbus and roam the stores and streets. If its cold and snowy, all the better. We have a little hidden downtown restaurant we eat at.........Hell, we never do much real shopping that day, but its somehow a very romantic time that we each look forward to.

Spaw