It's Christmastime!

I'm so excited that tomorrow is December!  For some reason in my mind, December 1st officially marks the start of the Christmas season.  I loved that Thanksgiving was early this year, because I used this past week to take down our fall decor and start making our home feel like Christmas!  The tree is decorated, the stockings are hung, the wreath is on the front door, and half of my Christmas shopping is already done!  I am ready to fully embrace Christmastime!  Last year we did 25 Days of Christmas (a Christmas-y something each day leading up to Christmas), and while I'm not as prepared this year with something for each day, I want us to soak up as much Christmas spirit as we can.  Our plans so far: finish decorating our house, the parade downtown, Christmas parties, a concert, more shopping, an ornament exchange, and lots of baking!  This year I'd also love to find some fresh mistletoe for our house.  And maybe even get crafty and make a Christmas present or two.  What do you have planned for this holiday season?

(image from here)

More Christmas Festivities

It's hard to believe that Christmas is in less than two weeks!  Time seems to be going by so fast, which makes me extra glad for our list of Christmas activities to remind us to soak up every minute of this season.  We're having so much fun with our mini Christmas dates, and I'm trying to document them as best I can as a reference for future years.

How have you been celebrating the holiday season?

{December 5: go shopping for our Angel Tree child}

{December 6: catch up on holiday issues of magazines}

{December 7: Festival of Lights}

{December 8 & 9: watch Christmas movies}

{December 10: The Nutcracker}

{December 11: deliver Christmas goodies}

{December 12: Christmas concert by the Gettys}

A Festive Weekend

Last Christmas there were so many Christmas-y things I wanted to do that I got overwhelmed and we never got do to them all.  So a couple of months ago I decided that I would make a list of what I wanted us to do this year, and we would do one Christmas activity each day in December leading up to Christmas.  It has been so fun so far!  We decorated our tree, watched Christmas movie #1, ran the 5K Jingle Bell Run, watched the Christmas parade downtown, and finished our Christmas cards.  It's been so fun for us to look forward to a little Christmas-themed date each day, and we are definitely filled with Christmas spirit!

{December 1: decorate the Christmas tree}

{December 2: watch a Christmas classic}

{December 3: run the Jingle Bell 5K}

{December 4: write our Christmas cards}

What did you do over the weekend?