Happy Holidays everyone! I have not blogged in a while, so I thought I would share with you some of my favorite things about Christmas!
1. Christmas Tree/Christmas Decorations. I love to decorate for Christmas. This is the first year of my entire life that I have not decorated a real tree. We found a fake tree in the treasure cove that is our basement and the land lord said we could use it. It will suffice this year. I wish that I could just walk into Tai Pan and buy the entire store at Christmas time, but I love the things that I do have!
2. Lights. Saddly, we do not have any lights up outside our house this year. It snowed before we got a chance to put any up. And we are going to be out of town for half of the month, so we decided not to stress out about it. But, I put more than enought lights on our Christmas tree to make up for it! Also, my mother-in-law gave me these cute glass blocks with a nativity sillouete on it that light up. I love to turn on the glass blocks and the lights on the tree and just sit on the couch and soak in the atmosphere.
3. The smells. I bought a new Christmas scent for my Scentsy, and mmmmm... it is so good! Plus, double bonus, the light from the Scentsy adds to the great atmosphere provided by the Christmas decorations!
4. Christmas Books. Every year my principal does a Christmas Book Share. I LOVE it. All the stories are so fun. My favorite this year, The Elf on the Shelf. At school, I wrap all my Christmas books and each day that the students behave well, one of them gets to open the book and I read it to them. And don't tell my students this, but I am pretty sure I read the book everyday no matter how badly they behave because I just want to read them! I think that not reading the book is more a punishment for me than it is for them! It is one of my favorite Christmas traditions and one that I cannot wait to share with my own kids someday.
5. Christmas Food. Cider, Hot Chocolate, Sugar Cookies, Peppermints and everything peppermint flavored, Gingerbread Houses, Red & Green layered jello, orange rolls, anything my mom makes on Christams morning, and best of all Egg Nog.
6. Snow. I hate commuting in the snow, but I love scarfs, gloves and wool coats. I even shoveled the drivway last week, and did not hate it!
7. Family. What would Christmas be without great families to share it with.
8. Cheer. I love that everyone around me is all cheerful. Everyone is serving, giving, and just generally cheerful. I love that Christmas makes neighbors become friends.
9. Gift Giving. I love making cute things to give my loved ones or shopping for just the perfect thing. And best of all, I love watching in anticipation as they open the gift I have thought about for so long. Not going to lie, I am a little dissapointed in my gift giving this year. Chad has figured out all my secrets, the little snoop!
10. Saying "Happy Holidays". In high school I worked at this little fast food place in Gunnison. I knew almost everyone that came in. Once December came around, everyone that came to the drive in got a "Happy Holidays" from me. It just makes everyone smile. It is so much more fun to say than a boring old "Hello" or "Have a nice day". So to everyone who takes the time to read my blog, Happy Holidays!
I hope that you all get a chance to enjoy the Holiday spirit this season. Take it all in cause it only lasts a month!
