Ready to Enjoy the Christmas Season

After a very stressful, albeit wonderful, 15 weeks of nursing school, I am more than ready to start enjoying the Christmas season. I feel like I have been cheated just a bit this year since I felt too stressed to enjoy Halloween and Thanksgiving this year - however I console myself with the fact that it will all be worth it when I have license. But now, the last test is done, no more studying for 3 more weeks, and to say the least - I AM EXCITED and ready to relax and enjoy.


Some of my favorite things about Christmas:

Christmas music - yes I am one of THOSE people who start listening to music several weeks before Thanksgiving. I just think that there is so much great music, that there isn't time to listen to it all. Also, Christmas music always makes me happy.



Some of my favorite Christmas albums are by (of course) Donny Osmond, Marie Osmond, Amy Grant, Clint Black, Alan Jackson, Voice Male, Alabama, Andy Williams, The Osmonds, etc, etc. Recently I put some of my Christmas music on my Ipod and started playing it at work. It played for over 14 hours - and didn't repeat! And I still have several cd's that aren't on the Ipod yet!





Christmas lights - Christmas lights are just happy (kind of like daisies). I love driving everywhere looking at all of the lights. It is so depressing to me when all the lights go down and everything is dark.





The focus on Christ - I love this time when there are so many things that remind us of the importance of Christ's birth. I love the First Presidency's message, all of the books and stories about love and giving and being kind to others.

Christmas traditions - traditions are the greatest! Some of our favorite traditions:


* Black Friday marathon shopping and wrapping

* Singing Christmas songs with the ward choir

* Our annual trip to the condo

* Watching Christmas movies together

* Our annual family dinner party which includes turkey with all the fixings, a talent show, the reading of the Christmas story from the bible while the kids use nativity puppets, and gifts.

* Opening one gift at home before bed - usually pajamas

* Christmas morning rules - no one is allowed to wake up mom and dad OR touch the presents until 7:00 a.m., mom has to bathe, do her make-up, and have breakfast before any presents are opened, presents are opened one at a time, with plenty of oooing and ahhhhing at each one

* Visiting friends and family on Christmas Day

I love this time of year, and I'm so glad that I have time to enjoy it!

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