Rainy Day Reads

I always feel like there are some traditions that make up Christmas. If you miss them, it just doesn't feel like Christmas at all. Here are some of the ones that have made it to my Christmas list:  1 - Eating the snowball chocolates that only come out for Christmas 2 - Having a real live Christmas tree with tons of decoration 3 - Seeing all the lights strung up all over the city 4 - Catching a glimpse of Santa 5 - Wrapping presents 6 - Watching "Home Alone" 7 - Watching the Disney special on TV on Christmas Eve 8 - Lighting festive candles around the house 9 - Baking Christmas cookies 10 - Having an advent calendar I feel like I have managed most of them this year, although the tree will have to wait until I get somewhere more spacious to live. What's on your bucket list?

When I was a kid, I loved christmas. Who didn’t? But as I have grown up Christmas has become a bit meh for me. Of course now I have to buy presents too, stressing about what to get everyone and if I will stay within my budget, I have to work a full-time job, so I don’t have time to really relax and enjoy the Christmas spirit. And shops start decorating for Christmas at the beginning of November…I have trouble keeping my festive spirit up for two full months, and by the time December actually rolls around I am pretty much all Christmassed out! I think part of it may also have to do with the fact that all those cozy childhood traditions are now a thing of the past. Living alone, it can be quite difficult to keep up traditions or start new ones, as you have no one to make you stick to them! But maybe a little run through of my childhood traditions will help to keep the Christmas spirit going for a little longer! When I was a kid we would go get our own Christmas tree out in the woods...