I spent Christmas Eve with my immediate family and those on my dad’s side. We went to church and it struck me – probably my last Christmas Eve service at East Koshkonong with my family. Next year, I’ll most likely be planning and leading at a church yet unknown. That makes me sad … but honestly, also a tad excited! (I’m ready for this next step in life, though it means holidays will never look that same.) We returned home to watch Friends (“The One with the Holiday Armadillo.”) and play an ever-hilarious game of Apples to Apples with the Luther clan. Christmas proper had our home as host to the maternal side of the family, a crowd of twenty. A game of 31, the tossing of a large rubberband, and watching the younger cousins open gifts comprised our day. After company left, we watched a movie, recouped, and accidently fed my brother’s lab, Jetta, Diet Mountain Dew. She was okay. Once she stopped shaking. (jk.)
there's no place like gnome. 
where did you find that gnomtastic nativity scene? love it!