I love these type of threads

ABC Family's "25 Days of Christmas" is always on the TV, even if the sound is off.

Christmas music plays all day (we now have 67 hours of Christmas music on Windows Media)

Last-minute gift wrapping.

Christmas Eve Mass at 5:00. The church is just two blocks from mom's house, so we always walk to and from the service. Since I was a kid I would, and still do, pick up a handful of snow on the way home and hold on to it until entering the house, because Christmas Eve snow is the most special type of snow (I know, I know ...strange).

Food and music, laughter, drinks, and sometimes board games for the night. ABC Family still on in the background. Then I like to end the night by watching some of the mass from St. Peter's at midnight.

The most magical night of the year!