Christmas in the Dark

We told our kids that if they woke us up before 6:30 on Christmas Morning, there would be much wailing, gnashing of teeth, death and destruction, yada, yada, yada.

At about 5:45 we could hear all of them talking in Mallory's room. They were trying to be patient, and we appreciated the sleep. So at precisely 6:30 we headed downstairs to the kids' tree, where Santa left the presents. We placed a present into each child's lap and told Mallory to begin opening her first gift. She had scarcely done so when POOF! The power went out. A massive storm had started the night before and we had big drifts of snow on the porch and over a foot in the driveway.

So we grabbed our emergency candles and flashlight and had Christmas Morning by candlelight.

This camera does not take good lowlight pictures.