it goes without saying

visiting Santa and getting the obligatory photo was a necessity. fortunately, we had the pleasure of doing this outing with our dear friends Holly and her son Maceo. we had the luck of finding the one-and-only REAL Santa too. there are, as i'm sure you are aware, many imposters out there. but we found the real one indeed. and this is the result:

and not to fret. . .Emmy has many more holiday-specific outfits to model in the plethora of photos we'll be taking over the next few weeks. so stay tuned!