Once i finally got around to decorating for Halloween, CHRISTMAS was already filling the stores! What the heck? And now there seems to be full-on Christmas- shopping-frenzy in the stores. The holidays have really crept up on me. Only one week and my little brother will be here from Dallas for Thanksgiving and i'm SO excited about that! Even if i do have to work the Friday after Thanksgiving (grumble, grumble! i shouldn't get started).
So i've got my lists and i'm checking them multiple times. I've tried to get some of my gifts throughout the year and i guess i'm not doing too terribly bad, but i need to get going! My boys (minus Doug) are done other than a stocking stuffer here and there. I always have a hard time with Doug's side of the family, but thankfully we found perfect Life is Good tees for his parents while we were in the Outer Banks (they've taken up kayaking so that's what Jake is doing on each of their tees). They are the hardest ones. We pick names for siblings and the kids' cousins so that makes things easier.
Anyway, i usually have a rule that i don't pull out the Christmas CDs until the Friday after Thanksgiving (stemming from the fact that two of my freshman year roommates blasted Christmas tunes starting mid-October, only making me more homesick with 2 long months until i'd go home!). But i might have to break that one this year. Such fun and good music, i might as well enjoy it a little bit longer, non?
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I know what you mean - the Christmas music is always my first and most favorite way to ring in the season. In fact, it's possible that I snuck in a song or two before Halloween this year :)
i absolutely can't stand that stores race to each holiday (or, rather, race THROUGH each holiday)... but i'm thinking (since i don't remember this being the case when i was a kid)... maybe they do it for moms like me... a reminder that can't be missed--HEY LADY! BETTER GET A TREE, IT'S NEARLY CHRISTMAS EVE!! it seems like, now that i'm a mom, i'm behind the curve on holidays!!
Jake is all sorts of getting the Christmas songs out, and I'm ready to buy a few CDs I've been holding out on. Time to carol!
But seriously, I'm having my Christmas recital dress rehearsal this Friday. so Christmas is truly upon me.
I need some good Christmas cds.. any suggestions?
I remember going into a store a few weeks before Halloween this year and hearing Christmas music! I think that was the earliest I have ever heard it. (:
The music does make the season. My kids love it when I start playing it.
Ash, make sure you have the Sarah Richland's Christmas CD-Very good, and there is a new Christmas lullaby CD that my mom said is really good
Okay, somehow it spell corrected to Richland-It is supposed to be McLachlan!
I can't believe how quickly this year has gone by - I was holding out on putting away all the Halloween decorations, cause I just didn't want to accept it, but alas it's time to pull out the Christmas music and start shopping. Enjoy your Christmas tunes!
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