I should have stepped outside a little earlier to catch sunset

Less than 30 minutes after Valerie gets home, she has dinner on the table...

...complete with a turkey she picked up from her workplace. Yes, this bird was cooked at Terranea Resort!

Valerie cooked our favorite side dishes last night, so they just needed to be reheated. This year's mashed potatoes are extra yummy.

She also baked an apple pie last night, so dessert is covered as well!

What's in the box? I am surprised Sideshow prints the exact contents on their shipping box...there's a high bounty on this precious asset!

My first Sideshow unboxing

This definitely feels like a quality Star Wars product...but this is just the sleeve

There's The Child...smart choice using the concept art form the first episode

Almost there...stay on target

OMG...he's going to suffocate! I need to get that plastic off of him ASAP!

This Child has been freed from his box

The Mandalorian Chapter 13 is a special episode...I expected nothing less from Dave Filoni. But I totally didn't expect the post-credit twist when the Razor Crest landed in my driveway! Din Djarin himself asked me to take care of the little womp rat while he jumps to a galaxy far, far away. I hope this kid's diet doesn't include Loth-cats. #TheMandalorian #TheChild #SideshowCollectibles #BelatedBirthdayGift #ChristmasIsComing

I have a bad feeling about this

DECEMBER - The asset is arriving at a new destination in style

He's riding shotgun in my NSX

Hey, kid...that's my chair!

You're going to have to use the Force to reach and steer that wheel

The Child takes his first steps in my garage

Where do you think you're going?

Have you seen me? #MissingChild #MandoMondays #TheMandalorian #TheChild #SocialDistancing #StayAtHome #SaferAtHome #WinterIsComing #ChristmasIsCanceled #IsIt2021Yet

For the first time in many years, Valerie and I decide to check out the Christmas Lights display in the Torrance neighborhood known as Sleepy Hollow. Figuring most people would be eating dinner, we leave after 6pm but encounter cars backed up on Pacific Coast Highway next to the Willow Tree Apartments east of South High School At least we appear to have lined up behind a fan of our World Champion Los Angeles Dodgers.