Christmas!!!!!!!!!!! (Anne Stuart)
posted by Anne Stuart
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Monday, November 13, 2006
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OK, the truth is I'm an insane Christmas junkie. I do wait a decent interval till after Halloween, and I don't put anything Christmas-y out until after Thanksgiving, but once I start I don't stop until everything, including me and the dog, is decorated. No Christmas tree until about a week before Christmas, because we always cut our own, but everything else ...
For some reason I'm particularly fond of paper products and china. I have two different sets of Christmas china (down from three) not to mention probably twenty Christmas mugs, Christmas glasses, napkins, tablecloths, sheets, paper towels, plastic bags, plastic wrap, wax paper, paper plates, etc. I had a Christmas toilet seat (it finally bit hte dust) and I made a Christmas shower curtain. Christmas rugs and wastebaskets. Christmas towels and candles. And enough holiday themed clothing that I don't have to do laundry from Thanksgiving until New Year's Day.
But I need some new ideas. New traditions, since I'm losing some of my old ones. My kids are out of the house (though they'll be home for Christmas) so no one's going to be baking cookies with me. I'm down in Princeton watching over my 92 year old mother while she has knee surgery and I think I'm not even going to be home for Thanksgiving, so no ritual watching of the Macy's parade while the turkey cooks. And my million and one Christmas cds are back in Vermont (which, trust me, is the state made for Christmas).
So I need some suggestions to get me Christmas-y down here. Something that doesn't include insane shopping (trust me, the opportunities for retail therapy around here are monumental). Something that doesn't include baking (I'm starting on a diet today, because along with the shopping there's endless food and I've already gained about ten pounds).
Because I'm ready to party! Fa la la la la and all that jazz. Anyone got any suggestions?
For some reason I'm particularly fond of paper products and china. I have two different sets of Christmas china (down from three) not to mention probably twenty Christmas mugs, Christmas glasses, napkins, tablecloths, sheets, paper towels, plastic bags, plastic wrap, wax paper, paper plates, etc. I had a Christmas toilet seat (it finally bit hte dust) and I made a Christmas shower curtain. Christmas rugs and wastebaskets. Christmas towels and candles. And enough holiday themed clothing that I don't have to do laundry from Thanksgiving until New Year's Day.
But I need some new ideas. New traditions, since I'm losing some of my old ones. My kids are out of the house (though they'll be home for Christmas) so no one's going to be baking cookies with me. I'm down in Princeton watching over my 92 year old mother while she has knee surgery and I think I'm not even going to be home for Thanksgiving, so no ritual watching of the Macy's parade while the turkey cooks. And my million and one Christmas cds are back in Vermont (which, trust me, is the state made for Christmas).
So I need some suggestions to get me Christmas-y down here. Something that doesn't include insane shopping (trust me, the opportunities for retail therapy around here are monumental). Something that doesn't include baking (I'm starting on a diet today, because along with the shopping there's endless food and I've already gained about ten pounds).
Because I'm ready to party! Fa la la la la and all that jazz. Anyone got any suggestions?
Patricia Potter
Tara Taylor Quinn
Maggie Shayne
Anne Stuart
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Lynn Kerstan
4 Comments :
Ok, here's what I did yesterday. Went to Starbucks. And you would swear it was Christmas already! That's a little puzzling to the French staff (I live in Paris) because they're not used to Christmas being this early (most people don't buy their tree until 3 days before Christmas--I want mine December 1, damnit, and I'm just sick of that thought of all my decorations stashed away in my mother's garage in Australia, though i do have my gold-lamé-suited Elvis tree topper) and they were perturbed by the decorations and the praline mochas and the holiday mugs. Me, I bought a gorgeous mug with a Christmas tree, slurped down a venti peppermint mocha and ate a slice of carrot cake. And I'll be back every week for more of it. I don't care if it's corporate America, I'm there. Oh, and I've set up my iTunes Christmas playlist. Come December 1.... ;-)
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No one brings in the holidays quite like Bing, Frankie, and Elvis. There's just something about those old 50's Christmas melodies that get me in the spirit!
And on blistery days, theres nothing like curling up on the couch with a blanket and a cup of hot cider (or cocoa!) and watching "Mircle on 34th Street" or "White Christmas" (especially if your missing Vermont!).
I second the Starbucks pepermint mocha suggestion! Diets be damned. They are delicious!
Kate
Here in Canada since Thanksgiving is in October, once Halloween is over Christmas goes up.
This year I'm looking for a ceramic Christmas Tree. Every year it takes me about three hours to put my tree up. Even fake Christmas trees drop their needles. Why is it the string of lights work when they are not on the tree but they don't work when they are on it? My sister has a nice ceramic one. It is about 3 ft tall, has holes for these colored pegs with a light inside so it looks like colored light bulb plus it, has a music box that plays Silent Night and is painted in such a way that it looks like there is snow on the branches.
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