"Are we there yet???" Christmas Style

As  many of you know, Christmas is getting closer! It is now 80 days and some change away. Some people are saying they don't want to know that yet because that means winter is almost upon us. Very true, and if you hate winter, that's a problem. But I love winter and the snowfall, so I say bring it on!! 

My sister's NOEL blocks: naturally they're named after her.

Lately I've been wanting to put up my Christmas decorations and start celebrating the holiday more than ever!! So as to not be considered totally weird, I've been playing even more Christmas music and watching more Christmas movies. I've watched "Christmas with the Kranks" at least 4-5 times in the last two or three months, "White Christmas" at least once, and "A Muppets Christmas Carol" once. There's nothing like a good Christmas movie to get you in the spirit of Christmas!!! 

These are only a few of my grandpa's Christmas Carolers.

As many people know, I am not a fan of Halloween. Never really was, but hey, ya gotta do what ya gotta do to get candy right??? Ever since I grew out of Trick-Or-Treating I can probably count on one hand how many times I've dressed up for Halloween. Maybe part of the reason I dislike the holiday so much is that I am really not creative when it comes to putting a costume together. There's probably more reasons I can think of to dislike the holiday. However this year, me and my friends will be going to a Halloween church dance on October 31st, in costume. Can you say not my forte? and at first I really wasn't too excited to go. I mean, it's all the same, I still lack costume creativity. That just does not change overnight.

This Grinch sits under our tree every year. When it sings
the legs move back and forth, and actually shake the whole
tree when it is placed right.

So...how to fix this problem? Easy. I decided to put Christmas into Halloween!! If I have to suffer through it, I might as well enjoy it. Now I will leave you hanging because I don't want to spoil my costume. Plus it's not ready yet so there aren't any pictures. Yes, I know, that's so nice of me to leave this with a cliff hanger. It'll just keep you looking out for future posts!

Another solution to my lack of patience for Christmas to get here is this: decorate early. So the eta for Christmas going up in my apartment is Nov. 1. Some people may think that it's a bit early for that, but I have a good reason. One of my friends is leaving for a church mission to Mexico at the end of November. My friends and I all want to have a Christmas party with her before she leaves. I instantly volunteered to host! How could I not? Give up a chance to decorate wayyyyy early? I think not. Do we have a date set for the party? Nope, so decorating the first Saturday in November it is. After all, it's only 15 days ahead of the traditional date anyway, so not too far ahead.

Bubble lights: My absolute favorite Christmas light!

Does anyone have any ways that help prepare them for Christmas or favorite Christmas activities that I should try to help me celebrate Christmas now without people thinking I'm too crazy??? I've been looking into several Pinterest projects that would be fun to try. Now I just need to sit down and actually pick out one or two to accomplish this month.

Well, gotta run. Until next time!

Merry Christmas!!!