The Stocking Were Hung by the Chimney with Care

So everything was in place to mark that Santa had arrived. The cookies had been eaten, milk was finished, ash was sprinkled outside the hearth, the fireplace doors were left open, Santa hung candy canes on the tree, all the gifts were placed, stocking filled and to take it that extra mile. I gnawed on the ends of the carrot we left out for Santa's deer and placed them outside to be found on Christmas by the boys.