Maybe you find it watching your child mesmerized by the lights and decoratins that adorn the houses this time of year.
Maybe it's when you light your family tree for the first time, and your baby claps his hands in delight and sucks in an excited breath.
Maybe you find it in shopping for your Little One, picking out things you know he'll be excited about opening and playing with throughout the year.
Perhaps it's snuggled up on the couch in the evening, all of you squished together, watching a holiday movie or listening to holiday music.
Or maybe you find it in the three and a half hours it takes you to assemble the train table that, from the moment he sees it Christmas morning, will keep your kid busy from sun up to sun down.
Because famililes are like the best presents--the train table, the bicycle, the complicated hot wheels track. It takes a long time to put them together. They don't come prepackaged or all set up. A good life with your family requires some assembly. Sometimes there is grumbling, but the end result is something fantastic. And sometimes pieces break, but there's usually a repair kit. And if there's not, a creative mind can find a fix for almost anything.
Merry Christmas from our family to yours! May your holiday be happily ever after.
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