The Fireplace

One of my favorite things about the holidays is our fireplace. Nothing says "cozy/hot chocolate/twinkle lights/snow covered mountains/turkey dinner filled family" like a fireplace. Just like a picture postcard...*sigh*

We use our fireplace during the holidays if the weather cooperates, which means if the high for the day is below 75 degrees we light her up. Oh the joys of living in Florida during the holidays. I can't tell you how many Thanksgiving meals I've served wearing shorts (which leads me to this piece of sage wisdom I'll pass along, "Never let your guests into the kitchen before the turkey is cooked if you're wearing shorts, they may mistake your white legs for the uncooked turkey's and lose their appetite.")

Back to the fireplace...

So you can imagine my delight when I came home from the office the other day and heard the distinct crackling of a fire! I walked into the kitchen, heard that wonderful popping of oak and turned to look at our fireplace and this is what I saw...

This is our fireplace. All decorated up for the Thanksgiving holiday, with it's pretty autumn garland and family pictures. Lovely. But wait! What's missing? There's no fire...where oh where is that crackling and popping coming from?

Here...

on our TV.

Mark had the day off and I guess he got really bored. So as he was searching Netflix for something to watch he came across "Fireplace for Your Home". I don't know if your familiar with Netflix, but when you pick something to view, you can select what Season or Episode of the television show you want to watch. And "Fireplace for Your Home" has that feature as well. You have two episodes to choose from, "Crackling Fire" and "Crackling Yule Log Fireplace"

He chose Episode 1, just crackling and popping. Episode 2 plays auto tune Christmas carols along with the crackling and popping. And that's where I found him, sitting in his chair in front of the TV fireplace. 

I think if I had a smoke scented candle he might have lit it.