OT: countdown to Christmas
sorry! i need to believe in something and the spirit of the holiday always helps me...whether it's the commercialized side or the faith based side-they both do wonders for my soul!! last nite; hearing that wondrous voice of andy williams proclaiming "it's the MOST wonderful time of the year".....in a commercail for branson...i would LOVE to get there for the ozark Christmas celebration but no money!!!!
i cannot explain what it (Christmas) does to me!!!
having worked retail all of my life i know the old "why can't they wait to decorate? why do they rush the season?" ...well- sorry but i need the music and the sounds and the colors....i may stick a cd in the car when michael's not with me!!! who will know????
so-humor me--and where is dee? do any of you remember her -mainly on the main boards but she was a christmas countdown person!!!
I get up every morning determined to both change the world and have one hell of a good time. Sometimes this makes planning my day difficult.
- E. B. White
My family thinks I am nuts. I play my CDs in the car and have already started decorating in my head. I love it all. It is my favorite time of year. But, once it is over I am ready for summer. 
JOY
* Our family is a circle of love and strength. With every birth and every union, the circle grows. Every joy shared adds more love. Every obstacle faced together makes the circle stronger. The love of a family is life's greatest blessing.
I have reached my goal!
margo i am also thinking Christmas!!!!! moving the furniture and putting the tree up and decorating and making cookies and wrapping gifts...oh my!!!! i have found all my Christmas cd's this year so i can play them while i bake and decorate!!! last year i couldn't find them....but i know right where they are now!!!! LOL i especially love Pretty Paper by Roy Orbison...Why can't everyday be like Christmas by Elvis....so many others but those 2 are my all time favorites!!! just think less than 2 months its all over with...sighs
hugs
I started shopping a little. Nothing major yet. Bought a few things and this year we might spend it in Florida. I have never been on vacation and my husband has off and we might go down there. Even though I hate snow, I might miss it for Christmas. Sometimes we don't have it here either. My son will stay home and I feel bad about that but my daughter will go with us.
Plans are still up in the air, hoping we have enough money to do it. My in laws will be going also. They have a condo in Ft Meyers.
I love Christmas and it seems all the preparation and it is over in a flash. I usually keep my tree up until after New Years. For some reason I am ready to take the decorations down by then. lol
Even though we may be in Florida I will decorate the house. It would make me feel better knowing my son has a tree to look at..
I love Christmas music and mus****ch Alber Finney's scrooge a thousand times, that and a Christmas story.
I love those movies.
Well it will be here before we know it. Have to get through Thanksgiving first..lol
Mary G
I am on my way. What a ride it has been.
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I do like to have all the lights up ... I enjoy seeing the whole house lit up even if no one else sees it but me. It lifts me spirits, and especially this year, my spirits need lifting.
As for Christmas shopping, I shop all year round and squirrel the gifts away. Luckily, I have small list ... especially since last year we are only buying one adult gift in our family (and then for my mom). Which has really helped my budget. Then we buy for the kids (grandnephews Ben and Sam). And I also buy for my brother Gary, we still exchange ... but we keep it to $20 or $25. Our one adult gift is no more than $50. So there's less gifts to buy, but also less gifts to get ... which is hard but more realistic.
