It's the Most Wonderful Time of Year!

My favorite time of the year is by FAR Christmas time. I love love love the holidays. Since I was a kid, I would literally start thinking about Christmas in August. I adore the feelings that come along with the holidays. The warmth of the lights, the glow of the tree, the smell of cookies in the oven, and all the glittery presents under the tree. I even love the rush of people at the stores. Till this day, I really enjoy buying gifts. I love trying to be creative (unless there is a list...well there's only so much creativity I can have). I especially love seeing the surprised faces when everyone opens their gifts. Don't get me wrong, I love receiving gifts too, but there's just something about giving that makes me happy. When I was a kid, I used to love going through "Consumers" catalogue (anyone remember that???) and circling what I thought would be nice to buy for my parents, my grandparents, etc. My brother and I would always split the cost (I mean, we were kids, we didn't have a whole lot of money of our own). I remember one year, we bought both my grandmother's a bottle of perfume. I believe one was called Poison and the other I don't remember. Poison?? Really? I wouldn't wear something with that name! LOL! The funny part is that this year when I went to Portugal, I noticed that my grandma still had the bottle. Hilarious. No surprise that it was still full. hehe! How embarassing! Anyways! All this to say...YAY for the Holidays!

This year I'm finding it a little hard to get into the spirit. First of all, its been like 16 degrees outside and sunny (except these last two days where it's rainy). Its HOT for this time of year. I need some snow. It did snow last week for a day, but with 16 degree weather, the snow is all gone. My Christmas spirit is slowly coming though. We brought our tree out (yes, fake tree...I have allergies and pine would make it a very sneezy Christmas for me). We put the lights on so far, decorations to come soon. I still need to decorate my mantel too. I have some lights on it but it's nowhere near done. I'll post some pictures when it's all done.

Well, thanks for reading my little Christmas rant. I love the Holidays and hope you do too. If the holidays become a stressful task, then why bother. Enjoy yourself and be happy. Some people are sick in the hospital and wish they could be shopping in the madness. So enjoy the Holidays and the madness and be grateful for all your blessings! 'Tis the season!

With Love,
Ni-xox-