With the holiday season in full swing, Thought I’d mention a few of my favorite things Did I mention, I LOVE to decorate! Though this year has been a challenge. LOL
- Decorations.
First of all, we start decorating the Friday after Thanksgiving. This year we started earlier, seems time
goes so fast, there isn’t enough hours in the day to get everything all
done. Anyone else have that problem? First the outside decorations go up.
Then the tree, it’s lights, especially the bubble lights they are
mesmerizing to watch. Several years
ago, I brought the cutest colorful lifesaver shaped garland that I wind up
the stairway banister. The tiny
Precious Moments nativity is one I found years ago, along with Sam’s town,
the soft lights from their windows are my parrot, Taco’s night light
during the holidays.
- Food.
Christmas is turkey, homemade
cranberry sauce, rolls, candied yams and pumpkin pie swirled in whipped
cream. Yummmm! The leftovers are
even better. Sometimes we freeze
the turkey leftovers and weeks or even a month later, yummy turkey
sandwiches are wonderful.
- Music.
While we decorate the tree, we play
a wide variety of Christmas Carols from the traditional to Grandma Got Run
Over By A Reindeer. The carols are sung by rock and roll artists, county
western or classical renditions. It
has been a family traditional as long as I can remember. We reminisce
where the beloved tree decorations passed down generation to generation
originated and the funny stories each spark.
- Movies.
It’s officially the Christmas season when we watch Miracle on 31st
Street and How the Grinch Stole Christmas with Jim Carey. He is such a
hoot. Then its Scrooged with Bill
Murray. Afterward most nights we
enjoy watching the variety of Christmas movies collected. Yep, get my Christmas movie fix.
- Christmas Light Looking. It isn’t
Christmas without getting in the SUV and driving through town admiring
everyone’s decorations. A local
church presents the Lights of Christmas on approximately 20 acres. The
lights displays are synchronized with popular holiday music wafting through
the crisp night air as you drive though. It’s beautiful and we enjoy it every year
with a mug of hot chocolate and Christmas cookies we pack with us for the drive.
- Family and Friends.
The best part of the holidays is connecting with family and friends, whether
it’s a long over-due phone call to catch up or a board game with
friends. Years ago, I started
writing a Christmas letter with our family’s actives for the year,
complete with pictures. Since then
it’s become a tradition. Friends and family look forward to that letter
and make sure updated address are in my hands by Thanksgiving. There have
been scary times, happy times, sad and in-between times, but keeping in
touch seems help everyone weather the preverbal storms. This year has been
hell on a stick from beginning to end. Hoping to see light at the end of a
dark, scary tunnel in 2022.
So there you have it, a few of my
favorite things. What are yours?
With that, I’ll wish you all Love and Laughter and a pitch for my holiday tale on sale! A WITCH’S HOLIDAY WEDDING . A small town paranormal romance/mystery paired with hope of wildlife rescue, second chances, the magic of family & friends makes this a must read. Available at Amazon ibooks & Barnes & Noble.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Speaking of new year... Got any
resolutions? Come on, you know you
do. LOL
What do you plan to change and what do you hope to see in 2020. I look
forward to hearing from you! See you next year.
I know it’s an old cliché, but couldn’t help myself!
7 comments:
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays Tena! We also decorate the day after Thanksgiving, and some of your other traditions sound similar to ours. As far as resolutions, I usually make some, although they are more like goals. I am still thinking on it for 2022.
I love all of those things! Though I seem to be behind in doing many of them this year. Hoping to get some treats made this afternoon. All the best to you and yours over the holidays and in the new year!
Beautiful post, Tena! Usually, we put out ALL the nutcrackers on Thanksgiving weekend. However, they came out the week before. I was definitely in the holiday spirit and wanted to start the season. Though this year was a struggle, I'm enjoying the holidays. May 2022 bring everyone a much better and brighter New Year. xo
Many of your family traditions are like mine, like playing Christmas music while decorating the tree and present wrapping. Yours sounds like a lovely Christmas. I hope you have a merry one and a happy new year.
Thank you for stopping by Mary, Linda, Maureen, and Jessica! Have a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Decorating is becoming more difficult each year, this one especially. Daughter and oldest granddaughter put up our tree last Sunday and we now have a few of my nutcrackers on top of bookcases. Hubs used to put up the outdoor lights, but the last 2 years he wasn't able to. This year started out with him in the hospital then moved to rehab after his stroke. Needless to say, not a great way to start 2021. Now, he's so much better and we thank God for that. Many of your traditions used to be ours, too. I miss that. The best part of this Christmas will be getting together with our immediate family. After last year when we all celebrated separately (with a Zoom meeting) being together will be wonderful. Merry Christmas to you, Tena, and your family.
We do all the traditional things you mentioned, and also I'm in a clog dancing group. We put on a Christmas show for residents of nursing homes and assisted living facilities clogging to Christmas songs. Our version of Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer is a big favorite! This has become one of the best parts of Christmas for me.
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