A Few of My Christmas Faves…..
My dear readers, I have many favorites of Christmas and I thought I would share a few with you, as we do the countdown to Christmas.
Gosh, only 4 more days til Christmas!
Do you remember how slow time dragged by when when we were kids?
Now…it flies by so fast, that it about knocks me down as it whizzes away. 🙂
1. First and foremost is Christmas is the birth of our savior, Jesus Christ!
After all…that is the real reason for the season. 😉
2. Family! This is a time for all our loved ones to get together. I am so very thankful for my children and grand children.
I love to see the excitement in their eyes.
3. Next, who doesn’t love the smell of the green branches of a freshly cut Christmas Tree?
Since moving to Florida, we have relied solely on artificial trees….but I love to go to one of the Christmas Tents and buy fresh greenery or sometimes I buy a wreath…
I just love that smell….can’t get enough of sniffing it!
4. Christmas Movies!
I love to watch the old Christmas Favorites like…“The Christmas Story”, “Miracle on 34th St”, “White Christmas”, “The Bishop’s Wife”.
5. The Christmas Music!
I really love the “old” songs, like White Christmas and Silver Bells sung by Bing Crosby and Perry Como. My radio…yes radio! 🙂 (My Bose) is on a station that plays all the old favorites.
6. Homey House Smells!
I love the smell of wassail simmering in the crock pot, the cinnamon and spices wafting through the house!
Oh yeah!
7. Christmas Caroling!
Our church has a group that go out to nursing homes and shut-ins so they can “hear” the sounds of Christmas. This is most rewarding!
8. The Salvation Army Bell Ringers!
While in New York last week, the Captain and I would stand and watch the bell ringers sing along to recorded music and shake their bells.
Some were really quite good and it put everyone into the spirit!…we were told more people donated more money after watching their performance!
I just couldn’t resist sharing this Bell Ringer joke. It doesn’t take much to make me laugh! 🙂
9. Grandma’s Apple Raisin Cake!
OH, how yummy and this was probably the closest we would get to a fruit cake… as most in our family did not like fruit cake. 😉
I always loved the smells of Grandma’s house! 😉
10. On-line Shopping!
Yep, I can pick out the item, choose a color, pay a couple bucks for wrapping and shipping it to the selected person.
Sooooo easy!
And Yes, I bought the Captain’s present on-line …..but I can’t tell you what it is.
He would read about it….and then it wouldn’t be a surprise….:) …but I promise I will show you after he opens his gift. 🙂
Do you, my dear readers…. have your own Christmas Favorites?
Share them if you like.
Me
I never pictured the Captain as a “townie” that wouldn’t recognize the scotch pine… but you could quite easily hide the tree in your mega garage 😀 that said… I’m leaning towards the fact that he loves to make you smile.
I truly hope you have a wonderful Christmas and you find time to chill out and relax too.. No doubt there are some sporting fixtures you’ll just have to watch so you’ll be torn between the traditional and the modern..
When do modern trends become part of a tradition? Here we have the football games on Boxing day – the day after Christmas day (for those that follow that sport) – but do you have “Boxing day”?
I started my own “tradition” – champagne breakfast on Christmas Day… before the presents are opened.. my daughters were allowed “Bucks Fizz” – they do see it as a “tradition” now… Luckily we can walk round to my sisters for the family Christmas day celebrations..
Hugs from across the pond.. and Happy Christmas to all
Thank you Ross….yes, you know the Captain quite well, and all his joking antics! haha
Actually, we had our annual Christmas Open House last night…. and our friends from Orlando stayed over until this morning, so we had a nice leisurely breakfast in the Secret Garden.
The Captain bought more of “your” favorite beer…so we toasted you this morning after I read your comment aloud!….and no, not bloody marys but mimosas too.:)
Actually, someone from last night invited us over for Boxing Day and my first thought was we were invited to a free-for-all and I most likely would need my boxing gloves. Than I realized I did not have boxing gloves…so I began having second thoughts. 😉
Please give our love to you and your family and I hope you have a very blessed Christmas. Take a sip for me on Christmas Day…and I will for you.
Always hugs and XXXX
Me
I will raise my glass to you both on Christmas morning… Excuse me as I will have a head start due to the time zone.
salute, cheers…
I am smiling…..salute, cheers right back at ya! 😉
All of your favorites are mine, Kari. Except for the last one, I buy on-line only if I can use PayPal.
You are so right Sandy…paypal is the way to go and so far…that has always been the case for me.
Something funny for this morning….the Captain went out into the garage and asked me to come out there and smell an odd smell….
It was my real Christmas tree branches and chunks of scotch pine I got at the Christmas Tree lot….when I told him what it was…he loved the smell, but said he couldn’t place the odor at first. hahaha
🙂
thanks for stopping by
Kari