This is going to be one of the best holidays ever for us!! To make a very long story short (not one of my better skills), this will be the first Christmas I've ever been able to spend with my brother and two step-sibs. Since we'll be spending the big day itself with spouses, kids and grandkids, we'll be celebrating Christmas Eve with what I'm hoping will be our first annual brunch. It'll be here at our house, and I'm just now starting to work on the menu.

I'll be starting to decorate this weekend, getting the tree up . . . this is gonna be the best!

(Uncle Bob will be doing his magically delicious thing elsewhere, I'm afraid)