It's Sunday evening and I am just about to leave home and drive back to school. It was a good Thanksgiving, but I am ready to get back to Siena and finish up this semester. Today was my favorite day of break, my mom, brother, and I decorated the house for Christmas. The tradition has always been to put up all decorations the weekend after Thanksgiving, and I was so glad that we continued that tradition this year. For the last 15 years that we have lived in our current home, my dad did his best to compete with Clark W. Griswold of Christmas Vacation for the most exterior lights anyone had ever seen. This year, we were not able to put up the lights outside, but next weekend our neighbor, who was a good friend of my dad, is going to help me put up the lights. I'm really looking forward to that. Then comes Christmas! I really cannot wait. It's my favorite holiday and it is so soon.