The holiday season has officially arrived.
There is nothing quite as exhilarating as elbowing your way through crowds of people at the mall, all vying for those gigantic flat screen televisions now on sale. Or maybe it’s that newest air fryer, sure to hog all the space on your already crowded kitchen counter. Make sure you buy your grandchild that super-duper rocket launcher that hurls projectiles from one room to the next with little care for any fragile bone china on display.
Leaving all jokes aside, I do
enjoy the season with its hustle and bustle. Christmas brings with it some of
the best holiday foods and drinks, all the assortments of baked goods and
special sweets, and the old comforting sing-along, holiday music for our ears. I
have portable, blue tooth speakers in three different rooms so I can have holiday music as I move from room to room.
Already, I’ve put a real wreath on the back door inside a closed entrance, so we can smell the pine when we enter or leave. A small fiber optic tree now sits on our fireplace hearth lighting up the family room in a colorful and twinkling display. As always, my favorite stuffed snowmen are guarding the family room and will do so until February arrives.
This year, with the sons and
families, in Alaska and South Carolina, my husband and I will be celebrating
Christmas together without company. I’m trying to sell Scott on having a
Christmas Eve dinner complete with crab legs, shrimp, coleslaw, and maybe some corn
bread. I always bake pies and cookies during the entire month, so dessert is
optional.
How are you progressing with
your holiday activities, chores, and plans for this upcoming year? Drop me a
note in the comment section below.
