The Holidays!...and things you should know...

When you make and obscene amount of Christmas cookies...

...you must package them up and share them with your friends at work!

Sometimes when you are a deer-dog, this is how you sit on the couch.

Osterio Marco is a yummy place to eat and drink...

Osterio Marco has frog wallpaper in the ladies room.... but not in the men's room... I would care to know why.

Sometimes when you are Portuguese and have a couple of beers, you get the urge to rake something...even if it is officially winter.

When you grow up with your name spelled in a funny way and someone you love gives you a wine glass with your name on it.... you drink more.

Going to see Christmas lights is fun... but you should not go when it is 5 degrees outside.

You can have fun in the warming hut with props and cameras when you go to the Trail of Lights....

That beard looks so real.

Pretty, but so very freezing cold....

Seriously... so many cookies.

See?

During the holidays, it's OK to dress your dog like a deer.

During the holidays, chocolate has a mind of it's own.

All beasts rest peacefully as one.... until the cat tells them otherwise.

During the holiday season, your dog is allowed to wear a scarf...even if she looks like a deer.

...or maybe because she looks like a deer.