Weekend Recap: A Very Christmas Spirited Weekend

Well, exams are this week...however, luckily most of mine are later in the week so instead of spending all weekend studying (as I know many of my friends and readers have been doing) I took advantage of my free time and spent some time with the family at home! I'm so glad I did, because I had such a nice weekend...and a very festive weekend! Here's a quick look at how I spent my time:

Friday night, my family (plus one of my sisters friends) drove to a little town called McAdenville near Charlotte...aka "Christmastown, USA".

TIME called it one of the top "Christmassy" towns in the US

McAdenville is a cute little town situated around a lake, known for decorating very extravagantly for Christmas each year. The houses are adorable little Cape Cod style cottages, and driving through the town and seeing all the lights, you can't help but get into the Christmas spirit! Here are some pictures I snapped on my phone:

We had such a great time! My sisters and I also got to open an early Christmas present from our grandparents (labled specifically "open before Christmas") which turned out to be new ornaments for us to hang on the tree! My gold, glittery angel looked perfect on our tree:

My family and I also headed to South Park Mall, to do a little Christmas shopping and pick up a few more gifts. While we were there, I saw this GIANT chocolate Santa Clause...yes, it is actually the size of a small child:

Finally, we made Christmas cookies! Well, I made the actual cookies and baked them...I left the decorating to my family because I had to come back and study for exams--blahh. We bought some pretty Christmas tins and are going to use them to hand out our homemade cookies to the neighbors!

How did you spend your weekend? Preparing for exams, or getting into the Christmas spirit?

~KBR~