Christmas...

...is coming.

You best believe I have already been listening to Christmas music. As I type this "Christmas Wrapping" by The Waitresses is playing on my Christmas Spotify playlist that I made one week ago today.

Judge if you want. Get angry if you want. It's not even Thanksgiving and I'm already pretty far into the evergreen tree scented candle in my living room.  Christmas is my favorite.  This is also the first Christmas I will spend away from my blood family.  This year will just be me and my new family: Jandy the fiance and Riggins' the Wondermutt. Being away from my family is hard. My family likes each other and gets along. We enjoy each other's company. Thankfully I enjoy Jandy's company as well. 

Because this will be our first Christmas together, I'm extra excited about decorating a tree that's all my own.  I've held out these last 6 years.  I had a tiny cotton ball type tree for a couple of years that was destroyed in a storage unit.  This year enter: the real (fake) tree. There are a lot of choices when picking Christmas decor.  Red and green?  Sure.  But have you thought about purple and red?  Or better yet green and aqua?  Or what about an entire Christmas theme based around Basset Hounds?  All of these things are available to you.

Hi, I'm a Basset Hound Christmas Ornament.

I don't understand anger toward Christmas starting so early. I think people who are angry about Christmas decorations being sold November 1st are the same people who bitch and whine the day before Christmas because they didn't get anything for anyone yet and now have to wait in line for hours OR by the obviously last-minute e-gift card to Target* for their beloved.  They are probably the same people who ride the bus one stop. 

I've officially started Christmas in my heart. So should you.  Life's a lot happier when you put on White Christmas and sing along while drinking cider and decorating a tree. Try it.




*There is never a wrong time to give someone a gift card, let alone one to Target. Maybe that statement was a little harsh.