We here at QDM are completely obsessed with Christmas. At least I know for 100% that myslf and M are incredibly geeky over it. (I'll have to wait for E to chime in) We barely make it to Thanksgiving each year with out uploading Christmas songs to our ipods or busting out with "Let it Snow" or "Winter Wonderland" during a long car ride. We stalk Walgreens ads until they put out their Christmas items and then find excuses to stop in so we make sure we walk out with a 50 cent Santa tray large enough to hold one small cookie.
Here is a list of just a few of my favorite things about Christmas:
Candy Canes-they have to be peppermint ones. I'm a Candy Cane Purist. No "Blue Raspberry" for me.
Trees made out of buttons and millions of other random uber-crafty cute items you see.
Walgreens!!!!
Snowmen. Not making them (Refer to a million of my other posts to notice that there's a snowballs chance in Florida for me to be able to make a Snowman)...but the decorations. I'll buy anything if it happens to have a Snowman on it. "oh! Are those used dentures? But I see they have a snowman cleverly stamped on them...how much?"
Bells! Bells! Bells! Oh my goodness. Seriously, guys. I'm sitting here just thinking about bells and getting all giddy!
Cinnamon and pumpkin spice. Cinnamon candles or room deodorizers make me weak. The grocery store currently has boxes of cinnamon brooms near their carts. What a wonderful marketing tool! "Why of course I need to put this in my cart as I'm walking into the store! Wouldn't want to get to the cereal aisle and not smell cinnamon!"
Stockings. You know...I don't actually have one of my own. It's not a big deal to me to not have my own stocking...I just like looking at them.
Paper Snowflakes! -Ever since I learned how to do that neat little folding trick that make your snowflakes look "real" I've been obsessed.
Movies- "It's a Wonderful Life", "How The Grinch Stole Christmas", "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation" to name a few.
Driving around looking at lights.-Or even driving home and the kids competing to see who can be the first to point out a house with lights. My oldest children memorized where each house was on the route home last year and would sit in anticipation until they were "legally" allowed to point them out.
But most of all..it's a feeling. There's just this air of "Life is wonderful" around Christmastime. Even when it's really not all that peachy. Even if I'm trying to fill myself with self-pity I catch one whiff of those brooms or see one string of lights and I feel warmth.