sourceI absolutely love Christmas. I love bundling up, making nice warm-comfort food, baking and decorating, decorating, decorating! As everyone in my office puts it, I am a "Christmas person". I'm not ashamed!
Our house has been decorated since the Saturday after Thanksgiving. B did a great job on our outdoor lights and I decorated the tree with Maverick. I decided to be selective about the ornaments this Christmas, since we've accumulated quite a collection over the last three years. Our tree looks much more coordinated, lots of golds and pearls with tiny hits of red. I love the clip on poinsettias I found at wal-mart! They are nice and big and so easy to place (only $1 each!).
I bought many, many pillar candles for the mantle but have yet to arrange them. I wanted to buy some fresh garland, either eucalyptus or evergreen to add some scent (our tree is artificial) but I haven't been out to grab some yet! That will be this weekend's project. Since we will not be hosting Christmas this year (we did that last year) I'm not as motivated to make sure every nook and cranny of our home is festive. I think we have just the right amount of Christmas cheer.
I LOVE holiday movies. I watched The Christmas Shoes last weekend and loved it! I rented the sequel, The Christmas Miracle but have yet to watch. My top holiday favorites are: Home Alone, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, Love Actually and The Holiday.
I LOVE holiday movies. I watched The Christmas Shoes last weekend and loved it! I rented the sequel, The Christmas Miracle but have yet to watch. My top holiday favorites are: Home Alone, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, Love Actually and The Holiday.
sourceI haven't decided if I'll do a lot of baking this season. I don't have as much time as I normally do and I'm also committed to eating healthy through the holidays. My favorite Christmas cookies include: Magic Cookie Bars, Thumbprint Cookies and Peanut Blossoms! Oh goodness...so good!
sourceMy office thinks I'm crazy but I've been rockin' the Christmas music for the past month. It completely puts me in the Christmas spirit. While there are some amazing Christmas classics, my absolute favorites are Mariah's "All I want for Christmas" and *Nsync's "Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays". Yes, you read that correctly. It's such a fun song to sing to, and it brings back some great memories.
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In my opinion, Northern California gets a much better winter season than SD. My car was covered in ice on Tuesday morning! I realize that for people who live in legitimately freezing climates, it might seem crazy that I get excited for ice, but when you grow up in Southern California, it's nice to feel like it's actually winter.
sourceIn my opinion, Northern California gets a much better winter season than SD. My car was covered in ice on Tuesday morning! I realize that for people who live in legitimately freezing climates, it might seem crazy that I get excited for ice, but when you grow up in Southern California, it's nice to feel like it's actually winter.
Were we sisters in another lifetime? hahaha I swear, I am so absolutely 100% the same way (AKA a complete Christmas freak) that it makes me laugh just reading this post. I've been decorating, baking cookies, and singing Christmas music since the first day in late November (pre-Thanksgiving, I admit) I thought I could safely get away with doing so.
ReplyDeleteI love the pic w/the pup in front of the tree :)
ReplyDeleteAwe the puppy picture, he just looks like he's saying "Yeah I pretty much decorated this whole place all with my little paws."
ReplyDeleteToo cute.
So the Mariah Carey Christmas Album has been on repeat in my car for the last month or so. I secretly bust that out several times during the year just to hear my favorite songs. Yup, I listen to Xmas music in July (sometimes).
ReplyDeleteYour tree looks fabulous!