Chaos. Everywhere I go.
At least in my house. Cue the Christmas carols, the "Holiday Season" is here.
We've got presents in various states of wrap and unwrap. We've got snow and ice in the driveway with radio talk of a blizzard later tonight. We've got boxes of decorations waiting anxiously for me to unpack them. I, of course, have to (1) take down our Thanksgiving window clings, (2) put away the ghosts/pumpkins/cornucopias of fall still littering our living room and (3) drink some spiked eggnog to work up the motivation to (4) actually face those over-stuffed boxes of December cheer. Is there any way we could just jump right to Valentine's?
And my husband is talking about getting another real tree this year. After LAST year, when I thought I'd succeeded in convincing him that the pine needles we kept finding in the carpet (until mid-April) REALLY made the whole venture not worth it, and that there was something very pleasant to be said about small, fake, easy-to-manage trees that don't require constant watering or vacumming...
He smiles and tells me, "Aw, c'mon! It's not the same." And he's right, of course. It's not.
So, what can I do? Get over my momentary Grinch-ness. Turn up "Winter Wonderland" on the CD player and remember all the things I love about the Season (hot chocolate, gingerbread, colored lights, "the Snow Miser and the Heat Miser"). Dive into those cheery red and green boxes. Have the vacuum cleaner on standby and, yes, Step Into Chaos...I mean, Christmas.
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I'm not putting my Christmas stuff up until hubby makes me. Or the kids. It'll be, like, the 23rd or something... such a grump ;)
Merry Christmas, Marilyn :)
I have to use my imagination around here and a lot of artificial gimicks to get into the season down here. Leaves are just now turning colors and we switched back to air conditioning three days ago. Definately not the Colorado winters I grew up with. But, as soon as I get out my Elvis CD that my Mom always played when we decorated the tree growing up, it all floods back.
So look outside at the beautiful whiteness and enjoy some for me, K?
L
Warm and sunny today where I am. Feels more like Labor Day than Christmas! I better crank up the carols and throw a few decorations around to get in the spirit. :) Look luck with the real tree!
Nothing doing over here, pal. We have no decorations, no tree, no nuthin. You'll have to come see it in all its plainness. ; )
spj
Merry Christmas, Ladies.
Well, you're making me feel better about not quite being in the holiday spirit yet (although I've managed to postpone the "real tree" for at least another week, and THAT excites me!). Despite the pretty snowflakes (and I do like those--in moderation :), I'll admit to longstanding fantasies about "air conditioning" and "warm and sunny" weather in December...
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