Okay, for all of you out there who believe that Christmas should not start until the end of December, humbug on you! As a kid we always used to decorate the first weekend in December, after a HUGE housecleaning of course, it was like the reward for cleaning the whole house top to bottom, and hauling all the boxes and boxes of Christmas decorations up from the basement... sneaky sneaky pull a Tom Sawyer mom.... "It's fun!"
Okay, actually it was, I remember my friends being shocked at the transformation that would occur. We even changed our doilies and tablecloths; we added trim in the kitchen and bathroom! Although we didn't go as far as my Swedish relatives who change their curtains for the holidays, and one of my aunts even sets aside an entire room of her house and makes it into a little winter wonderland complete with fake snow and a train set!
Back to the point. I got Christmassy today and listened to Christmas music all day (there is already a radio station playing only Christmas music; 106.5fm) and I put out the few decorations and lights I had. I made rye bread, chocolate chip cookies, sweet almonds, shortbread, and drum roll please....swedish MEATBALLS! I officially feel like Christmas, I have a poinsetta, I have lights inside, and I'm getting ready to put them up outside too, and my house is clean, except the room that I started refinishing woodtrim in (don't ask me why I decided to start this project now). I have been procrastinating this for a while now, and I finally got the scraper out and bought a sander and I'm ready to keep plowing away tomorrow.
Have a Happy Holiday Season Everyone!
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