As parents of young adult children, we reminisce about stories we read to the kids in their toddlerhood, like Santa Mouse and Jan Brett s Christmas Treasury. We still use many of the same holiday-themed cocoa mugs, and I devoutly unpack the Christmas dishes like the treasured heirlooms they are (though their value is solely sentimental). The Advent calendar I bought on clearance years ago is filled with chocolates yet again, the magnetic doors struggling to hold shut. Christmas decorations from our 20-plus years as a family are spread throughout the house, the twinkle lights ready to be strung and a space waiting for a tree.