about this time

Many years ago when I was a little girl I was anxiously anticipating the arrival of Santa about this time of night.  We, as a family, had already been to Christmas Eve services at the church and now we were home and us kids were dressed for bed.  My parents were going back to church for the eleven o'clock service and my oldest brother was babysitting us.  It actually wasn't hard to get us to go to bed because I guess in our young minds we thought that going to bed would bring the morning sooner.  The hard part was going to sleep.  We were so excited and sleep didn't come easy.  We eventually drifted off but before dawn we were ready to come down to the living room and light the tree.  But, more about that tomorrow.  Tonight it's all about the anticipation.