I get SUPER excited for 24 hours of A Christmas Story, a family tradition.
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| A house in my hometown has this in their window every year |
I love any excuse to listen to excessive amounts of Vince Guaraldi, the guy who does the music for the Peanuts.
I love, love, LOVE to go looking at Christmas lights. Like, LOVE. I could do it every night if I had the time and the money for gas. And light parks.
My Dad's church does the LoveFeast service every Christmas Eve and it's one of my favorite traditions, even if we only started about 5 or 6 years ago.
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| circa Xmas '89 |
Christmas Day is an excuse to wear PJs all day - if you know one thing about me it's that I loooove my PJs!
There's lots of fun parties to go to and people to see!
PRESENTS - even when I know (almost) everything I'm getting (like this year). I can never quite contain my excitement for presents.
Shopping for other people. I absolutely LOVE brainstorming and then shopping for gifts for my loved ones.
Shetland Ponies. Let me explain, apparently when my dad's dad was a little boy, he always wanted a Shetland Pony. Somehow that transferred into our family calling our biggest, most expensive present our "Shetland Pony." So every year, I get excited to find out what my Shetland Pony is! I almost always know, but it's still exciting to open it and see it for the first time!
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| Christmas card shoot with my new seesters, circa 2001 |
Shetland Ponies. Let me explain, apparently when my dad's dad was a little boy, he always wanted a Shetland Pony. Somehow that transferred into our family calling our biggest, most expensive present our "Shetland Pony." So every year, I get excited to find out what my Shetland Pony is! I almost always know, but it's still exciting to open it and see it for the first time!
Having any excuse to dress up. Even if it is in a home made tacky sweater.
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| Tacky Christmas/White Elephant/End of the World party last year |
Christmas food. All of the food. Turkey. Stuffing. Cookies. Candy. Kahlua. All of the food.
Dressing my dog up in Christmas sweaters.
Watching the weather to see if it will actually be cold on Christmas.
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| IT SNOWED ON CHRISTMAS LAST YEAR. IN TEXAS. |
Friends and family. Spending so much time with them to the point you're tired of them. But you still love them so you never want to leave/them to leave.
Christmas Music. "Merry Christmas and Happy Holidayyyyyys," anyone?
What makes you feel like a Kid on Christmas?
2 comments:
Oh man! PJs and Christmas Story are totally where it is at!
So Much Sunshine
ohh yes, I love that christmas story is on all day! i love that movie! you were such a cute kid!
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