#7 Engage All the Senses

At our house, if it doesn't look, smell and sound like Christmas, we're not entirely satisfied. The Christmas tree makes our house smell very Christmas-y, but we also like to have a pot of Williams-Sonoma Mulling Spice bubbling away on the stovetop on the weekends.

Somehow, just a little bit fills our entire house will the smell of cloves, cinnamon and other Christmas-y things. Even Jack, who usually sleeps until noon on the weekends, has been known to wander out of his room on a weekend morning in search of what it is that smells so good.