Nothing says holiday to me more than a whole lot of sparkle.  It may just be the time of year.  The days are short and the nights are long.  There is the shine of all the decorations everywhere you go.  The lights outside our homes and the lights on our Christmas trees.  And it goes all the way back to the original Christmas story, where the 3 wise men and  the shepard’s were lead to the manger in Bethlehem by following the brightest and shiniest star in the sky.