These long winter nights leave my Main Squeeze and myself with a couple hours of “What to do now?” after dinner.

We do not have television which rules out watching it the remainder of the evening. We have movies, but they are all downstairs and leaving the warm, crackling fire all alone seems out of the question. So what does one do with the last couple dark hours of a winter evening?

Often we listen to books on tape, or take turns reading a book out-loud. A good story is even better by firelight.

But this night Christmas crafts were on the agenda, for fun. Now my main squeeze is not big on doing ‘crafty things’, but timing and preparation is everything. When I set the box of paints, brushes and paper on the table with a cheerful invitation to do a Christmas craft, he said, “Sure!”

It was fun and easy. I found it on Instagram account @kidscraftbarn.

How do you spend your long winter nights? BTW—Winter Solstice is only a few days away!

Merry Christmas from our house to yours.