Is it nearly Christmas already?

It seems almost weird that Christmas is just a dozen days away. Somehow, the feeling hasn't really rubbed on me yet.
Ben is busy preparing for his school's Christmas presentation. I was surprised when they informed us that it was to be Hansel and Gretel in the Big Woods. I don't know. Somehow, Hansel and Gretel didn't seem like a fitting story for a Christmas presentation, but I guess they made some changes. Ben will play a dwarf (I never knew there was a dwarf in the original). For the past week and a half, he's been spending 3-1/2 hours in school for practice. This Wednesday, they'll be having their Christmas party. Then a dress rehearsal on Thursday, and a final rehearsal on Friday. The presentation itself is this coming Saturday at 5pm. Of course, there'll be pictures.
Next week, we'll be heading home to Baler for the Christmas holidays and we won't be back until Jan 2. Ben doesn't have school until then. There'll be lots of pictures from that too.
Back to Christmas...I still have to do my Christmas shopping!!!