Everyone has traditions they have leading up to the big winter holiday. Some are personal, others are family related, but without them the season doesn’t feel complete. I could sit and talk about all of the wonderful family traditions I have. There are several on both my side of the family, and my husbands, that I greatly enjoy. We have a good time over the holidays all around and I feel truly blessed. I’m going to talk about my own personal traditions though, and some might seem kind of silly.
Shopping! One tradition of mine is to make sure I have all of my holiday shopping down by the end of the first week of December. Am I crazy? Maybe, but this is something I started doing a long time ago and ever since it’s made the holiday a lot more enjoyable. Instead of fighting with people in the check out line at a store, I can walk around with ease. It feels good to be able to invest time and thought into my gifts as well as save the money I would like to use to make sure my family gets things that are truly great.
Holiday Must Haves! There are two movies I have to watch every Christmas or it doesn’t feel complete. “Holiday Inn” and “Love Actually” (any old claymation classics like “The Year Without a Santa Claus” and “The Real Life and Adventures of Santa Claus” are always an added bonus!). To me it’s just not Christmas without these two films.
Christmas yum yums. I have to have holiday cookies. There’s just no way around it. Do I need to say more?
Merry Christmas to ME. I take the time to do one thing fun, or get myself something special, every year for Christmas time. Sometimes it’s something simple like going out and getting a special dinner, or getting myself that one special something that I know for certain I won’t be getting on my Christmas List (this year it’s a special notebook, I’m saving for). It’s important to treat and reward yourself sometimes, even if it’s something small. It’s part of the relaxing holiday.
The Annual Christmas Special. For the past couple of years I have been writing a special blog Christmas story. My one from last year has been posted for the past several weeks on Tuesday Tales. It was a pretty long story and about seven or eight parts long. This year I’m still trying to figure it out, but it should hopefully be a fun little treat. It’s always a lot of fun for me to write something holiday related.
So tell me some of YOUR personal holiday treats, and check out my blog soon for my gift to you guys. http://jfjenkinswrites.wordpress.com.
Shopping! One tradition of mine is to make sure I have all of my holiday shopping down by the end of the first week of December. Am I crazy? Maybe, but this is something I started doing a long time ago and ever since it’s made the holiday a lot more enjoyable. Instead of fighting with people in the check out line at a store, I can walk around with ease. It feels good to be able to invest time and thought into my gifts as well as save the money I would like to use to make sure my family gets things that are truly great.
Holiday Must Haves! There are two movies I have to watch every Christmas or it doesn’t feel complete. “Holiday Inn” and “Love Actually” (any old claymation classics like “The Year Without a Santa Claus” and “The Real Life and Adventures of Santa Claus” are always an added bonus!). To me it’s just not Christmas without these two films.
Christmas yum yums. I have to have holiday cookies. There’s just no way around it. Do I need to say more?
Merry Christmas to ME. I take the time to do one thing fun, or get myself something special, every year for Christmas time. Sometimes it’s something simple like going out and getting a special dinner, or getting myself that one special something that I know for certain I won’t be getting on my Christmas List (this year it’s a special notebook, I’m saving for). It’s important to treat and reward yourself sometimes, even if it’s something small. It’s part of the relaxing holiday.
The Annual Christmas Special. For the past couple of years I have been writing a special blog Christmas story. My one from last year has been posted for the past several weeks on Tuesday Tales. It was a pretty long story and about seven or eight parts long. This year I’m still trying to figure it out, but it should hopefully be a fun little treat. It’s always a lot of fun for me to write something holiday related.
So tell me some of YOUR personal holiday treats, and check out my blog soon for my gift to you guys. http://jfjenkinswrites.wordpress.com.
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Jill,
ReplyDeleteI have to watch White Christmas and A Christmas Story (LOL). We normally wait until the last minute for our Christmas shopping, but this year we got a head start and for once we'll be able to kick back and relax!
I will definitely tune in for the annual Christmas story.
ReplyDeleteI like to get my shopping done early if I can but I also like to save a bit for that special gift that just comes up unexpectedly and sneak it under the tree.
Great post :)