We all have those little things that somehow magically zap us into the spirit that surrounds Christmas and the Christmas season.
For me, that magical moment takes place the day after Thanksgiving. Once I’ve watched the Charlie Brown Thanksgiving Special after stuffing myself like our holiday turkey – I love going to bed that night knowing that the next day I’ll be putting up my Christmas tree.
I started with the day after Thanksgiving with my own kids, mostly because of the Christmas Elf and his ability to make the kids actually mind! I wanted to get the most mileage out of him and well, in setting my own family tradition, I discovered exactly why my mom had the same one when my brother and I were growing up.
My husband tends to grumble a little bit whether it’s about the tangled candy cane lights or the rush of shoppers playing bumper shopping carts with him so I’m really trying to work on his eerie resemblance to Ebenezer Scrooge and help him to enjoy this festive time of year.
Even if you aren’t into the whole Christmas thing you have to appreciate what magic this time of year possesses. Wars STOP on Christmas when a time has such an amazing power as such over the ability of any human on earth, it has to be special.
I’m sharing my own tales of Christmastime as part of an ongoing Carnival via The Carnival of Red Hot Bloggers. This carnival is being hosted by Katelyn at Holiday Ideas
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I love that story of your little Christmas Elf, I need to do something like that. BTW I plan on linking to that article very soon.
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