Merry Christmas All! We celebrated family Christmas a week early, minus the whole Santa fantasy. Because Santa is pretty accommodating, but really couldn't round up the reindeer in time to make a trip to just our house. I hope the kids understand.
Anyway, here are some of the awesome advantages of that:-1st dibs on present-opening excitement, before all the other kids get their latest & greatest.
-Somehow, even with having to be ready earlier, it was less stressful. If we needed something last minute, the grocery store lines weren't quite psychotic yet. Everyone's expectations seemed more reasonable. (With the possible exception of Skyler, who had been campaigning for ridiculous present for weeks.)
-We had more snow then. All you weather-haters can shush, because White Christmases are lovely.
- We get to enjoy tapering off Christmas carols, without abruptly launching into Auld Lang Syne & "The Year in Review".
- Dale has given me permission to transition the holiday decorations to "winter lights" & leave them up longer. ;-)
- We got Christmas dinner leftovers for over a week. Yum.
- We get to stay in jammies all day today, eat junk food like caramel chocolate popcorn & nachos, & watch Grey's Anatomy & West Wing re-runs. No agenda, no pressure, no guilt.
I'm campaigning for early Christmas every year now.
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