Since we don't have room to transport all of our gifts for our kids to Blythe & then bring them back PLUS all the loot they get there, traditionally we open our gifts here at home before travelling to Blythe for Christmas. We keep all of the gifts in our room, and then after the kids go to bed the night before our Gift-Opening Day, we bring them all down & arrange them around the tree. Jaime & Mark also sent their gifts here, hence the Amazon boxes surrounding the tree, and the cards on the tree are from Mike's parents!

Baby Jesus gets put in the Nativity scene.

The stockings are stuffed & hung on the stairway with care, in hopes that that children soon will be there! :)