One of my new favorites this season...

This has been stuck in my head for the last few days and I love it! 
Merry Christmas!!

Why I Love Christmas!

I don't just love Christmas time....I BIG PUFFY HEART LOVE CHRISTMAS!!!

I don't know where my love for Christmas started, but I LOVE it! 

It is so incredibly magical, and there are so many wonderful reminders of what the season truly means.

A few reasons why I LOVE Christmas...

Christmas Eve Communion

This has always been a favorite tradition of mine.  My dad would serve communion in the church lit only by candles and Christmas lights, and we would go as a family and listen to the Christmas story.  Communion looks a little different on Christmas Eve for us, but it is still a huge part of my Christmas.

Christmas Music

I was fortunate enough to grow up with many different types of music in the house.  Christmas music is hands down the best around!  Christmas isn't complete without Bing Crosby singing with the Andrews Sisters, Mariah Carey singing "All I Want for Christmas", or the Boston Pops playing "Sleigh Ride".  I am just happy when I hear it.  There are many more songs that I absolutely love to hear at Christmas, but those three are the best!  

Christmas Lights

I love to drive around and look at displays of Christmas lights.  It just makes me feel like a little kid again waiting for the next surprise!  I love to see Nativity scenes on display!  It reminds me that the Light of the World is coming!!   So much fun to drive around and look at them!!  This year I am making Lou take me to look at lights :)  Sidebar:  I CANNOT stand the blow-up decorations.  I also love to see the candles in the windows.  My grandma always had them in her window and I love to see them in others. 

Christmas Cards

I LOVE to get them!  I love to see pictures of families!

Christmas Eve at My Parents

I can't even remember when we began doing finger foods on Christmas Eve, but we have kept on doing it and I love it!  We have a veggie tray, sausage balls, pinwheels, little smokies, rotel and chips, etc.  Just a low key dinner and it is enjoyable!  

My Stocking

I used to think that I was getting jipped because all of my friends got lots of stuff in their stockings, but once I got older, I realized that my parents were continuing on a tradition with me.  I only get an apple, an orange, and a few pieces of candy, in one of my dad's white socks.  And I look forward to it every year.  

I love it.   

The Christmas Tree

Just love to decorate it.  Love, love, love.  I have been collecting ball ornaments for years and this year Lou and Jake added their ornaments to our tree.  It is no longer my tree, it is ours :)

Christmas Trees in Church

 Seeing the Look on Braxton and Thatcher's Faces on Christmas Morning

Businesses closed on Christmas Day

Decorating the House

Hearing Merry Christmas

Christmas Movies

Watching Holiday Inn, Santa Clause the Movie, A Christmas Story

Singing Christmas Carols at Church

Smell of Cinnamon and Peppermint

Christmas Specials on TV

The list goes on forever...I just love this time of year!!