December Daily™ 2011 | Day Twenty-Four

Welcome to December Daily™ 2011 | Day Twenty-Four.

Ah, Christmas Eve. I love this day - the anticipation, the excitement, the magic.

My favorite part of the day is when darkness begins to fall and the twinkle lights seem to glow brighter than any previous day.

I've been holding on to that Santa drawing from the paper all month. It was part of an ad for Macy's - I loved that it was city specific.

December Sentiment Strip right above the jouranling. Journaling font is Garamond (date is Helvetica Neue). The green word sticker is from October Afternoon.

This time I did more of a play by play with my jouranling. I think that's the kind of thing that will be cool to look back on in future years (and next year when I will have forgotten what we did this year).

Pattern paper along the bottom is My Mind's Eye Peppermint Patty. Stamp on kraft cardstock is my 25 Moments from Technique Tuesday.


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  1. Pidgen says…
    12/27/2011

    What a cute page!!

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  2. Paula G says…
    12/27/2011

    BEAUTIFUL!

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  3. Carolyn HP says…
    12/27/2011

    Love the Santa ad Ali, Anna's pjs are awesome, glad to see another day completed and looking great, still working on mine & trying to figure out my OLW too... Much love to you & your family.

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  4. Estellita says…
    12/27/2011

    Love the way you take your picture to write the journaling after printing. Love it, make it !
    Kisses from France

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  5. Mallory says…
    12/27/2011

    Love how Anna's pjs match the wrapping paper! :) Love Christmas Eve too, always have.

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    1. Ilona says…
      12/28/2011

      :) that was the first thing I thought seeing this photo. Very cute!

  6. Debbie S. says…
    12/27/2011

    Lovely!

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  7. Kristina in Oz says…
    12/27/2011

    That picture is so beautiful. I love their PJ's. Way too cute. In one instance you just captured the magic. Perfect.

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  8. rhonda says…
    12/27/2011

    Loving your album, hoping to finish mine today!

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  9. Julie L. says…
    12/27/2011

    Okay, I have to know, where are Anna's p.j.s from? We always do one present on Christmas eve and it is always p.j.s. I'd love to get these for my girls.

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    1. Ali says…
      12/27/2011

      Found those via the Gap online. Ordered them probably in October ;).

    2. Julie L. says…
      12/27/2011

      Drat, doesn't look like they have them any more. I'll have to keep Gap in mind next year. We usually do Hanna Anderson but I didn't like the selection this year. Thanks for letting me know so I could look.

  10. Cathy S says…
    12/27/2011

    Knowing we had a full day, I recorded Xmas Eve in a day-in-the-life way, taking photos and recording times. Interesting to see how it will compare in future years.

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    1. laura g. says…
      12/27/2011

      what a good idea! will have to try that next year...also thinking about doing a guest sign in our Christmases Eve get togethers change every year: this year one niece is very pregnant and couldn't come, one daughter and her family didn't attend, but my son surprised me by bringing a childhood friend and his family! and next year we will have a new granddaughter or grandson join us! (#11!)

  11. em says…
    12/27/2011

    Ali, I want to thank you for doing this this year especially. I am in a similar family situation as you and couldn't bear to do a DD this year for many reasons. It's therapeutic to read your journaling. I have two kids myself and we did a similar thing on Christmas Eve, right down to the short drive to see lights. Hope your New Year is "up"!

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    1. Dara Cohen says…
      12/28/2011

      Ditto, lots of love, sent your way, both of you! Amazing and strong both of you to keep things going, and making a lovely Christmas for yourselves and your children.

  12. dawn says…
    12/27/2011

    LOVE LOVE THIS ALI!! Anna is so sweet in those yummy pj's!!

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  13. k8 says…
    12/27/2011

    Oh, Anna's pj's are soooooooo cute......she could be a dancer in the land of sweets in Nutcracker in those! That's immediately what came to mind.......love Christmas jamms......

    k8

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  14. Kris F says…
    12/27/2011

    Love your daily pages.
    Looking forward to one little word again.

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  15. Katie Scott says…
    12/27/2011

    Yes, seriously cute jammies! I'm working on finishing up my album - it sort of seems like I'll never finish but I also sort of don't want it to end (like reading a good long book).

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  16. laura g. says…
    12/27/2011

    very, very sweet! different but still good, huh? next year will be easier, i promise!

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    1. Ali says…
      12/27/2011

      Yes, good :).

  17. Claire says…
    12/27/2011

    Someone wrapped Anna and put her under the tree!

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    1. Ali says…
      12/27/2011

      That totally made me laugh :). Thank you :).

  18. Kylie says…
    12/28/2011

    loved all the comments re: anna and pjs. Clare - that's what I thought, she's been wrapped in xmas paper. Too Cute!!!!

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  19. Kim B. says…
    12/28/2011

    Of course Anna's candy-cane-striped pajamas are the cutest, but I also love that Santa illustration from the paper!

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  20. Alida Post says…
    12/28/2011

    Love all of the above. And the glimpse of snow through the window. Wonderful that you captured all that in one picture.

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  21. Cori J says…
    12/28/2011

    Hi Ali,
    We also unwrap family gifts on Christmas Eve and Santa on Christmas morning. It was our compromise....my family always opened on Christmas morning (English) and my husbands always opened on Christmas Eve (Danish). Now I love it.....Christmas feels longer and the effort of choosing gifts seems to be more appreciated as everything gets played with.
    From my experience I hope you stick with it.
    Wishing you the best for 2012! Hoping it is a good year for you.
    Cori

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    1. Ali says…
      12/28/2011

      It felt good - thank you for sharing your traditions :).

  22. Kendra says…
    12/28/2011

    I LOVE Anna's peppermint stripe jammies!

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  23. Cindy says…
    12/28/2011

    Love this layout.......it's so fun! Anna's jammies are so darned cute too!!! (wonder if they make them in big girl sizes) :)

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  24. Libbi M. says…
    12/28/2011

    i was wondering if you have a december daily flickr account set up for sharing photos? if you do, can you share a link? i don't have a blog to share photos of my completed album. thank you.

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  25. Karin Podolski says…
    12/28/2011

    Loved the journaling on this page. I was stumped for last Thursday's page, because honestly I didn't want to remember that day --- it started with us having to call the ambulance to pull my elderly father out of the hot tub (he is FINE now, he just spent a little too much time in the hot water). I even took a picture of him in the ER (giving me the "finger" with his pulse oximeter ha ha ha). I ended up putting the picture in a little pocket of the 9-pocket page protector (gotta share the good and bad), but took the page for that day and "doodled" all the things I love about the holidays. I will also go back and add some details to the events of Christmas Eve and Christmas day (I really just ended up with several pictures).

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