Kate CA Posted December 20, 2008 Share Posted December 20, 2008 I love every aspect of it all. Even the stress! I love the evergreen scent of my mostly dryish tree. I love that we will have gorgeous frosted sugar cookies tomorrow. I love that we have families that love us and that enjoy our company as we enjoy theirs. I love that Christmas day is very soon and that my children will be happy that morning. I love that we are enjoying our Messiah Advent book and learning so much from it. I love love love that we celebrate our Savior's birth this time of year. I love the carols and the hot cocoa and the Bailey's Irish coffee. I love red and green together with white. I love the beautiful Christmas lights all over the place. I just want to wish you all a very joy-filled Christmas!! :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTMindy Posted December 20, 2008 Share Posted December 20, 2008 Me too!! I am a TOTAL Christmas nerd!! I even love the baking, the shopping, the wrapping, cheesy Christmas movies, Christmas music, etc!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudoMom Posted December 20, 2008 Share Posted December 20, 2008 Merry Christmas to you, too, Kate! I love this time of year. I'm blessed beyond my comprehension and the Christmas season serves to remind me of that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barb_ Posted December 20, 2008 Share Posted December 20, 2008 This is the only time of the year I seriously loathe AZ. I get so homesick for my family back East, for fireplaces, snow, deciduous trees, and tradition... Feeling a little blue today. Sorry to put it on your thread. Merry Christmas! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudoMom Posted December 20, 2008 Share Posted December 20, 2008 This is the only time of the year I seriously loathe AZ. I get so homesick for my family back East, for fireplaces, snow, deciduous trees, and tradition... Feeling a little blue today. Sorry to put it on your thread. Merry Christmas! :grouphug: to you Barb. I would miss those things, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kate CA Posted December 20, 2008 Author Share Posted December 20, 2008 :grouphug: to you Barb. I would miss those things, too. Exactly what JudoMom said!! :grouphug: to you too. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colleen Posted December 20, 2008 Share Posted December 20, 2008 (edited) I'm with you! I cherish the traditions ~ even the hokey ones ~ that surround this season. I think you know that I sing in The Messiah each December. We begin practices in mid-October and already then, I love listening to the music and anticipating the Advent and Christmas season. No, I don't want to decorate then or see stores "selling" Christmas, but I get a sense of excitement, looking forward to things I enjoy: My annual post-Thanksgiving visit to the wonderful little shop where I buy cards and papers. Strolling through Zoolights with the boys. Our "Sinterklaas" celebration and the race we always run in early December and our town's lighted Christmas parade. Our foray to the tree farm where we chat with Bea and Lawrence and find the best Fraser fir. The music. The candlelit church on Christmas Eve. The twinkling lights ~ oh, I so love lights! Candles and cocoa and fires and roasted chestnuts and Jack Frost nipping at my nose. (Without the wind, please.;)) I don't pay a great deal of attention to all the advertising and hype that surround this time of year. I am too busy creating my own little Currier and Ives world. Sometimes I do feel sad that my boys don't have more extended family with whom to share this holiday. And I can get burdened when I put too much stress on myself. But when it is all over ~ after the New Year, after Epiphany ~ I go through a little mourning period, missing my tree, who after all becomes a sort of friend while staying with us, and knowing it will be a long stretch until we feel truly warm days and hear birds sing. I anticipate spring and summer and my much-beloved autumn, but I always keep Christmas in my heart, in that special place.:) Edited December 20, 2008 by Colleen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TN Mama Posted December 20, 2008 Share Posted December 20, 2008 Me too!! I am a TOTAL Christmas nerd!! I even love the baking, the shopping, the wrapping, cheesy Christmas movies, Christmas music, etc!! Ditto! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TN Mama Posted December 20, 2008 Share Posted December 20, 2008 This is the only time of the year I seriously loathe AZ. I get so homesick for my family back East, for fireplaces, snow, deciduous trees, and tradition... Feeling a little blue today. Sorry to put it on your thread. Merry Christmas! Hugs! Feeling blue is allowed. :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barb_ Posted December 20, 2008 Share Posted December 20, 2008 Exactly what JudoMom said!! :grouphug: to you too. :001_smile: Thank you both so much. I am feeling some better today after a good cry and a good night's sleep :) Barb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kate CA Posted December 21, 2008 Author Share Posted December 21, 2008 I'm with you! I cherish the traditions ~ even the hokey ones ~ that surround this season. I think you know that I sing in The Messiah each December. We begin practices in mid-October and already then, I love listening to the music and anticipating the Advent and Christmas season. No, I don't want to decorate then or see stores "selling" Christmas, but I get a sense of excitement, looking forward to things I enjoy: My annual post-Thanksgiving visit to the wonderful little shop where I buy cards and papers. Strolling through Zoolights with the boys. Our "Sinterklaas" celebration and the race we always run in early December and our town's lighted Christmas parade. Our foray to the tree farm where we chat with Bea and Lawrence and find the best Fraser fir. The music. The candlelit church on Christmas Eve. The twinkling lights ~ oh, I so love lights! Candles and cocoa and fires and roasted chestnuts and Jack Frost nipping at my nose. (Without the wind, please.;)) I don't pay a great deal of attention to all the advertising and hype that surround this time of year. I am too busy creating my own little Currier and Ives world. Sometimes I do feel sad that my boys don't have more extended family with whom to share this holiday. And I can get burdened when I put too much stress on myself. But when it is all over ~ after the New Year, after Epiphany ~ I go through a little mourning period, missing my tree, who after all becomes a sort of friend while staying with us, and knowing it will be a long stretch until we feel truly warm days and hear birds sing. I anticipate spring and summer and my much-beloved autumn, but I always keep Christmas in my heart, in that special place.:) What a lovely post!! This was a joy to read. Thanks, Colleen. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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