It seems like a lot of people like to complain about Christmas decorations and shopping happening earlier and earlier every year. Not me. I just love October, November, and December. I happen to like Halloween and Thanksgiving décor though, so I’ll wait until the beginning of December to start putting up the Christmas ones. There are a few Christmas things that I do like to start doing in November though – listening to Christmas music, preparing Christmas cards, and shopping.
The Christmas music has more to do with teaching my kids the songs. This year, I think we might go caroling at my mom’s work (the retirement home). Lexi and Jordan know quite a few songs, but it doesn’t hurt to get them down pat and learn a few more. I may even make a video of them singing to post on here in December.
As for the Christmas cards, I just like to send them off the beginning of December. In order to do that, I need to get a decent picture this month. That is the toughest part. To make it easy, I will just order photo cards that I can pick up at the store. Next, comes addressing and stamping all of them. This whole process has to start this month in order for them to go out the first part of December. Now that I think about it, I’ll probably be putting that off this whole task for at least a week or two.
In reality, I just want to do the shopping. Unfortunately, funds are a little low this year. I have been given a great coupon for this weekend though. It is for 30% off of Gap, Banana Republic, & Old Navy for as many times as I want to use it. I know someone who works for the Corporate Headquarters and they do this every year. The best part is that 5% of the purchases goes to the charity she picked, which is Big Brothers/Big Sisters. I love that one.
Shopping, Christmas cards, and Christmas music… how I love it all even in November.
2 comments:
I am so jealous you have the 30% coupon hook up! lol I used to really love Christmas but as of late it's not as fun for me as it used to be. It's hard to figure out what gifts to get and it becomes a drag.
This year is going to be particularly tough because it's the first year without my mom and I'm not sure I can get through that.
I agree, it's nice to have fall decorations up for a while before decorating for Christmas. We have neighbors that already have Christmas lawn decorations out! It's not even the middle of November yet!
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