things I love about the holiday season:
- hot cocoa + peppermint schnapps = toasty
- profile pics w/ironic photoshopped santa hats
- friends coming home from the far, far corners of the earth
- the yule log burning on the flat screen
- the christmas story on repeat for a full 48 hours
- exchanging gifts with family, friends, and the boyfriend
- a new year with new resolutions (which I have no illusions of keeping)
did I forget anything? OH! a special 2011 event (well, technically it will be 2012): adventures at the rose bowl with little sister.

