Ben Loves Christmas Lights

When I was a boy growing up, my Mom used to decorate the whole house at Christmas time and my dad used to hang the lights on the house outside. From what I hear, when I was really young I used to sit and stare at the Christmas tree for hours. I remember when I got older I used to love when my parents used to pile me and my brother and sisters in the car and go look at christmas lights. When we lived in Omaha there were some freezing cold nights that they used to take us out in just so we could see lights so now I appreciate it even more. I always told myself that when I got a house of my own I was gonna hang lights and decorate our house just like my parent's did. I am determined to also pass down to my kids my love for Christmas and all that the season is about. Well, it seems that Ben is off to a good start. He loves seeing Christmas lights. His favorite thing is seeing snowmen. Grandma Sharon collects snowmen and has literally hundreds of snowman related decorations in her house and Ben has picked up on that. Every night the past week me and Ana would pack Ben into the truck and we would go to a different section of town and look at Christmas lights. There would be moments of silence interupted from the backseat with shouts of "Wowwwwww"! from Ben. Then it would be quiet and all of a sudden we would hear this little voice say, "Snowman"......but he would say "No man" instead. He would see all of the snowmen and point them out before we would see them. Now if we could just get him to not be afraid of Santa........