Have a "Regular" Christmas

We got ourselves into the holiday spirit by braving the traffic and heading down to see the Festival of Trees. We saw almost every single one of the 800 trees and gingerbread house - looking for our favorites! Here are the winners:

We thought this was the best looking tree - if you could have seen it in person, you would have agreed. It was so crowded, I'm surprised I was able to get a picture!

A very cool edible castle gingerbread house. But is it our favorite? I don't think so. I like to go for the more simple designs.

Ladies and gentlemen, I give you my favorite holiday decoration of 2009:

Don't you love the detail with the reading material by the lou?