Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Top 11 Reasons I'm Ready to Love This Christmas Season

1. Christmas music. Soon Halloween will have passed, and when I crank up my Christmas-y tunes, I'll get fewer odd looks. At least, I think I will.

2. Christmas lights: the only thing that combats Daylight Savings Time. If my sunlight runs out by dinner time, I'm darn sure gonna have some extra twinkly lights to keep my spirits up.

3. Candles. My two favorites are Mulled Cider and Yankee's Basalm & Cedar. Oh, my heart! Maybe I should just get it over with and go work for Yankee. It's just possible that would be a more healthy outlet for my scent obsession.

4. A Charlie Brown Christmas. " I never thought it was such a bad little tree. It's not bad at all, really. Maybe it just needs a little love." Can a get a holla-holla?

5. We Care Christmas Tree Walk. What could possibly be better than a mall full of a hundred themed Christmas trees? Seriously? I love watching my kids' expressions as they try to decide which ones are in their top 3. Even better to see them try to recreate them when we get home. Priceless.

6. Shopping. I love shopping. I love shopping with my husband. I love shopping with my husband after the kids are in bed. I love getting a drink and a snack from Starbucks and going shopping with my husband after the kids are in bed--lovingly monitored by one of their grandmas, of course.

7. Snow. When I no longer thrill to the first snow of the season, I'll know I'm growing old.



-Lady Bird Johnson


8. Baked goods. I love Baked Goods (yes, capitalized on purpose) with a passion. Any old excuse'll do, but Christmas goodies are even better than the other year-round variety, because they're usually recipes that are brought out solely at Christmas time.

9. Brass groups. My kids are practically holding their breath waiting for the day they get to go to Grandpa's work and listen to the Christmas music his brass group plays. Yeah, yeah, the kids are.

10. Decorating my tree. I've been using mostly paper decorations for the last several years to prevent breakage. Turns out, I may never go back. I love the unique look that delicate snowflakes, red white & green paper chains, and glittery star cutouts give to my tree.

11. It's not here yet. I am therefore free to daydream about it to my heart's content: You see, by December 15th, I'll undoubtedly be freezing cookie dough to use on Christmas Eve. I'll be leisurely wrapping the gifts I made with my own two hands...and making lovely labels to go with them. I'll be perusing candy recipes and trying them while my kids nap. I'll have plenty of time for this, because my laundry will be all caught up.

3 comments:

Lemonade Makin' Mama said...

Oh my darling girl... I can not wait for Christmas for many of these very same reasons!!!! I say Bring on the Holly, and I'll give ya some Jolly!

Lemonade Makin' Mama said...

You said- Almond extract makes EVERYthing better. I instantly believed you that these were the best EVER based solely on the fact that there was almond in them. Try adding it to chocolate cake/chocolate cake frosting sometime. You'll love me even more than you do now. Mmmm...

I say- it would be impossible to love you even more than I do now... and just the fact that you mentioned chocolate and cake... Oh you know my weakness girlfriend!!

Happy Halloween/daylight savings!

Anonymous said...

I wish I had read this before Christmas. However, not to despair. I have made myself a copy and taped it into my day planner(Nov 2010) So I will read it next year and remind myself why I love Christmas and you!
Julie