Day Two Hundred and Five: Touch of Light

About half a year ago Emily came to my house with a package of candy canes and a bottle of egg nog liqueur. Her plan was to shelve the Christmas goodies until we felt like having a little mid-summer holiday celebration.

So tonight, on the eve of the 25th, we carelessly hung a few lights, popped in the movie Elf, uncorked the bottle of egg nog and celebrated Christmas in July.

Watching Will Ferrell leave the North Pole (through the seven layers of the candy cane forest, through the sea of twirly, swirly gumdrops) to romp around a wintry New York definitely put us in the Christmas spirit for a couple of hours...

...But letting the dogs outside in the 80° night heat reminded us that there is still 5 months to go before the real thing.

Regardless, Merry Christmas-in-July!