Christmas countdown, day 5

It was relatively small, squishy and flexible ... all wrapped up, today's gift was a bit mysterious. Our best guess was a tie; however, the kids had more faith in the gift givers than to believe they were getting a Christmas tie to share.

Once the gift was unwrapped, they all yelled "a new Christmas flag" and Alivia went racing for her scissors to remove the plastic and tag.

Sporting the jolly old guy, the flag reads "Santa Stop Here" and it's flying freely on our front porch. The naughty ones among us are now hoping the message works its magic.