Anyone doing anything Christmassy today???

[thechristmasnut]

Im just in one of my Christmassy moods today... its kind of cold here today and windy so the kids and I are staying in were sitting here watching Elf and I've been online buying new Christmas ornaments.

When the movie's over were going to make a batch of cookies....

Anyone else doing anything Christmassy today???:hello:

[Jeff Westover]

It is a cool, drippy day here too...snow level looks like it dropped to about 5500 feet last night as the mountains are blanketed in white. I'll be working today :(

[thechristmasnut]

Im on a roll today.. I just went ahead and ordered my Christmas address labels for this year too....

[mammaduke]

I am continuing to work on my Christmas cards for this year.

[Christmasstar]

I watched the muppets sing the 12 days of Christmas with john Denver on u tube

[Holiday]

I looked up all the Christmas specials that are on tv this week & posted them over in the Media section! :) That put me in the Christmas mood today!!

[Holiday]

Tonight I listened to my TSO cd! :-D I am bubbling over with Christmas spirit tonight! :grin:

[Billy Battles]

I am feeling very Christmassy today. I plan on listening to some Christmas music while I while I do some cleaning around my apartment. Then probably watch a coupleof Christmas movies.

[Mumof2]

Lately At night I get in the mood for christmas,Kids are asleep,Christmas music's on,candles that smell like a christmas tree are on and there i am planning christmas for this year and making lists of what to buy and make.:)

[SparkleNana]

Your last entry sounded VERY Christmassy, the Christmasnut!!! And yours too, Mumof2!! I DID accomplish things this week. I sorted things into bankers boxes -- gifts (by type), decorations; wrappings, etc. Not finished - and I don't have an inventory yet. But the progress in getting things organized feels great! Also, the Christmas notebook now has calendar pages for 2008!

[SparkleNana]

Holiday - Thank you SO MUCH for posting the holiday shows for the week!!!! It makes it SO much easier for me to do routine things while I watch them! Things like the endless cycle of putting away groceries, cooking, doing dishes and cleaning the kitchen. I don't do elaborate meals, but it does take lots of time. I don't have a crockpot though, and people do say they save lots of effort.

[Gingerbug]

Yes Sparklenana....it is so much easier to do the "boring chores" with a little Christmas added in....I like to listen to either Christmas music or as you suggested have a Christmas movie playing....don;t really sit down and watch...gotta keep moving or ALL is lost...LOL....but is nice to hear the familar exchanges and watch a good scene every once in awhile.

[SparkleNana]

Today - somewhere on this forum - someone printed a press release from the Lifetime Cable TV channel about Christmas in July. Apparently Christmas movies will begin at 9 AM on the 4th of July. And go all day. There will be lots more on the weekend. This news immediately started my planning -- lots of tough, routine work can get done while those Christmas movies are playing. You're right, Gingerbug, no sitting down to watch -- the movies inspire work (while listening intently, and glancing up frequently!)

[SparkleNana]

Of course -- after enough work has been done to exhaust the worker, it is advisable to sit down and WATCH the remaining Christmas movies intently. ALSO, if there is a Christmas movie which is completely new and unseen by the worker, the rules allow the worker to suspend all activity and watch the movie with full attention!!

[Holiday]

I have been so Christmassy these last couple of days!! Yesterday I placed a large order from LTD & an even larger order from Bronners! I ordered a lot of Christmas presents, including a "baby's 1st Christmas" ornament for my new Goddaughter, and I ordered the 1st figurines (Mary, Joseph & baby Jesus) to start a "Fontanini" nativity scene for her. I will give her a new piece to the set every year, so it should be complete when she is 19. I am really excited about that. I also ordered some personalized ornaments for friends "from our house to yours" with our names on the houses, and I ordered a couple "our 1st Christmas together" ornaments for 2 friends who were married this year. And I ordered a "1st Christmas In Our New Home" ornament for friends who just built a new house. I ordered a lot of fun stuff from LTD too! Also, yesterday I placed our order for tickets to the Trans Siberian Orchestra Christamas concert! I am bubbling over with Christmas spirit this week! :-D

I am also excited to try a new recipe this weekend. I am in a Yahoo group that tries a new recipe every month, hoping to find new recipes for Christmas. This month the theme is breakfast & we are trying a Blueberry French Toast Casserole. My hubby & I are going away with my sister, her hubby & another couple this weekend, so they are going to be my guinea pigs on Sunday morning! Maybe a new Christmas tradition will be born??

:merry:

[Mumof2]

We have been chritmas crafting.I bought a few ornaments from Michaels and put the kids name on them.We bought the materials to make Rudolph Ornies..Wooden ornies for packages you have to color.Card stock,and some rubber stamps,pens for writting,paints,clear glass bulbs for my mum and his parents as gifts,and some brushes.Ill be making gift tags this week.I bought a few kits to make.we are a crafting family this week.

[SparkleNana]

:-x Sounds like a lovely weekend, Mumof2!

[Annette1990]

Actually I walked all over the mall and various department stores to find the perfect ornament for my partner on the Ornament Exchange. I had a blast doing this. And think I did pretty well. cheesy

[trackrebel]

We´ve been watching Santa Clause and listened to Nat King Cole´s Christmas album that arrived last week!

[Santa's Helper]

I've done my list making already (I started on it in Feb.), I listen to Christmas music all the time but, what I did that really made it feel like Christmas was I went to this little estate store down the street and bought all of the apple jack tarts they had and an apple jack candle! That smell is just so great and it makes the house smell festive to me. It's a warm inviting scent. I also did some spring cleaning in the fall yesterday and got that out of the way so that things will be in order for Christmas decorating. This Friday I'll be finishing up my brother's apartment by adding Christmas icicle lights to his 3 other windows. I'm glad he likes his place decorated early because it helps get it out of my system and it holds me off from putting up my own stuff! I also might go to a Christmas craft show next weekend.

[irishsnow]

Going to listen to some Christmas music and look online for some christmas decorations and lights and watch a Christmas movie tonight

[SparkleNana]

I went to Barnes & Noble and they had a big table full of Christmas cards near the check-out counters. Of course, I carefully examined them all.

[Santa's Helper]

Actually I walked all over the mall and various department stores to find the perfect ornament for my partner on the Ornament Exchange. I had a blast doing this. And think I did pretty well. cheesy
Cool, thanks! hee,hee!!!!!cheesy

[Faith4always]

Yesterday, I made banana nut bread.
Then, we watched "It's A Wonderful Life" and started watching "Rudolph". But I was so sleepy I finally had to go to bed.
Today we will watch "Rudolph" at some point and whatever other Christmas DVDs we can find. :rudolph:

[Boogedy]

I have a photo session with a family today--doing shots for their Christmas cards! I also had a session with my nieces and nephews yesterday and already designed their card:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3017/2955495330_9f45f3413f.jpg

I'm having a very Christmasy weekend! :D

[Ms_Speedy_Elf]

I found some Christmas goodies at the flea market today. A little Christmas pillow, a basket with Christmas tree's on it that I'm gonna put pine cone's in ,a pine cone wreath with berries on it , a little Sam the snowman and a wooden snow flake ornament.All for $12.00.

[Chillywilly]

I purchased some Christmas CD's for my offices and a couple of CD's for home. I also purchased some Christmas Labels for our gifts to give. For the children we are going to give out Rankin and Bass labels. For my grandchildren we are going to give out Whinney the Pooh christmas labels.

[officepro4u]

Right now...at this very minute...I am sitting down to watch "Once Upon a Christmas" while sipping Gingerbread tea and burning my Christmas candles in my pajamas!! Ahhhh....quiet solitude...kids in bed.

I am really going to enjoy this!!

[Trinityjae]

I actually went Christmas shopping with the family today. We like to start things early around here!

[bhenson]

I am anxious for halloween to come so I can put up my tree. It is a tradition that I have been doing for years. But today I wrapped and unwrapped gifts working on christmas gift baskets. Made three baskets already and I am getting really excited about my tree. Our renter is moving in the next week and half then the tree can come up! I have already stacked all my wrapped gifts in the living room. and cleaned off my counter top to place the baskets of goodies and candles on. Have to keep them up high because of the chocolates and we have two dogs with a sweet tooth!:rudolph:

[snowytree]

Well not today..but this past Sat. I watched Miracle on 34th ST. I was just cruising by the channels and it was on! My husband and I were talking about putting lights on the house a week earlier this year, since Thanksgiving comes closest to the end of the month.

[Mr Walker]

Continuing to work on loading up my Ipod with Christmas music... so far I'm at 3008 songs and still going.

[scottish*mama*claus]

I am drinking tea out of my Santa Claus mug :)

[JOHNOR]

i am listening to oh holy night and hark the herald angels sing!

[pinkini]

i am listening to christmas music every day! this weekend i am going to start planning my homemade gifts and baking!

[SparkleNana]

Working on decluttering/cleaning the guest room/office. After over a year of on-and-off work -- PROGRESS is visible. In fact, if I dare say it, there is light at the end of the tunnel! In the past, I have locked the door to this room when we had parties. Now... I can see that someday ... guests may be able to stay in this room comfortably! This makes me feel very much in the christmas spirit!!!

[amr]

I will be watching Polar Express. I have been listening to c-mas music online at live365.com for about 2-3 months off and on.

[emski4379]

listening to Christmas music and watching QVC.

[SparkleNana]

Doing anything Christmassy today? Why... yes I am!


I am going to a bAby shower tomorrow. Today I went to Macy's to buy the gift. (Note to shoppers: go to the Macy's web site and print out the 20% off coupon. It is good for the full day of shopping.)

What is Christmassy about that, you ask? (In kind of a cranky voice, too.)

The baby gift I bought is --- an infant santa suit. In soft warm red velvet with soft white trim -- And Santa belt! And --- it came with a matching Santa's hat!!!

And it was 30% off. Plus my printed 20% coupon --- it was 50% off! Before the sale, it was bordering on too too expensive. After the sale -- it was a lovely festive gift!!!!
I even bought a red velour stocking at the dollar store, in case they wish to put the bottom half of the baby into the stocking for photo ops.

Festive, mai oui?

[trackrebel]

my daughter and I watched the Rankin/Bass Rudolph movie twice today :D

[kelly ann]

The only xmas thing im doing at the mo is browsing MMC!!!

[MerryCarey]

Listened to a Christmas CD on the way to work. And, like Kelly Ann, browsing the forum!

[snowytree]

Listened to Christmas music. I also got a chance to watch a Christmas Home Improvement episode. To bad they don't have to many quality shows like that one anymore.

[trackrebel]

I bought a Nikolaus-Present for Kandice....Nikolaus is celebrated on the 6th od December in Germany.....children get a shoe or sock full of candy, nuts, apples and little oranges ( I don´t know how they are called in english...they look like little oranges) and a small present....I bought her a plushed Donald Duck from "Mickey Mouse Clubhouse

[SilentNight08]

YAY! Finally I can post!!!

Today Christmassy I worked on some of my christmas cards that I am making. I have also been playing Christmas CD's all morning!:tree:

[MrsH]

I looked through the Sears Wish Book. That was FUN!!

[SilentNight08]

Deck the Halls is on TV so I am watching that right now! Just took some chocolate chip cookies out of the oven so it smells realllly good in here right now!!

[Vikki1989]

I've been in the christmas spirit for a while now. Every night my husband and I put on the christmas music channel and listening to it for about 2 hrs before we go to bed. We have also been watching christmas movies its wonderful.

[JanaBanana]

Drank eggnog coffee out of a christmas mug, listening to a christmas cd, have all my trees lit right now as well as all my other christmas decore. :D Burning my christmas candles too!! I have done this everyday though since November 1st :)

[joyful]

I listened to my Christmas cd's today. I had my kitchen window open so I could hear the music and I was outside putting garland around my deck and the fence. It was so warm here today, I decided to get it started. Now I have totes opened downstairs and it's a mess, yikes. I will have to finish so I get get the totes back in the closet.

[melindasue]

Right now as I speak, me and the fam are getting ready to watch Home Alone 2 by the fire with eggnog :D

[SilentNight08]

Today I checked out all of the adds in the newspapers to see what upcoming Christmas things are going on in town. We have a huge class museum and they are having a large glass ornament making thing in a couple weeks.

Also- One of the gifts I ordered came in the mail today!!!!:rudolph:

[HolidayHoney]

I ordered 4 Christmas gifts online and we put up some outside lights and 1 wreath!! :cry: And we are going to watch "Scrooged" in a few minutes, it has been a good day! cheesy

[trackrebel]

nothing Christmassy for You....but my celebrates his birthday today....that´s always the last family thing before Christmas....so to me...it´s kinda Christmas....:)

[Santa's Helper]

I'm listening to Christmas music on the radio! It's a trim a tree weekend and our station here is playing music on the weekends. Hopefully next week they will switch to 24 hours after light up night! I could possibly do some more decorating today but, I have to go to my mom's for my brother's belated birthday party!

[SilentNight08]

Today I am going to do some shopping!!!!

[SilentNight08]

Well I JUST missed the Grinch! It was over when I got to it on the TV......Now I am watching Bill Engvals christmas. Yippy!:tree:

[BritneyBug]

I started listening to music on XM and I am putting together my shopping list for everybody so I know what to get

[SparkleNana]

Watching Thanksgiving Cooking Shows --- while I wrap presents!

[Holiday]

We are going to a family Thanksgiving party today! (hubby's side)
:family:

Santa's helper, that is so cool that your radio station is playing music for "trim a tree weekend"...that must mean it's time if the radio station is playing music for it! :-D

[SilentNight08]

Today I am going to a christmas craft fair with my MIL...it is snowing here too!!:))

[MrsH]

We've been decorating today. FUN!!

[SilentNight08]

The craft show was nice.. they were playing christmas music and it was snowing out.

We then went up to the mall and my MIL got a ton of clothes for everyone for Christmas so she put a pretty good dent in her shopping!!!

I got a CUTE thanksgiving Tshirt at Old Navy that I can't wait to wear!!:tree:

PLus we are getting a LOT of snow tonight!

[SilentNight08]

I have been doing all kinds of Christmasy things in the last three days--I went and bought all my ingredients for my christmas cookies and candies, ordered, labeled and stamped some of my christmas cards, picked up a gift for my little brother and my husbands gift-which I wrapped so he wouldnt find it and know what it was!!!....... I watched Comfort and Joy on QVC and ordered my mom the christmas cd collection which looks WONDERFUL!!!!:tree:

Tomorrow I am going to make cookies and help my MIL wrap some!

[BritneyBug]

I watched Christmas With The Kranks and now I'm watching The Family Stone but so far it's not very christmassy.

[Wenceslaus]

I added another week to "This week on Christmas TV". And for the first time this season, I almost slipped on the dreaded "black ice" in the parking lot.

[clarebear]

I'm going to do some Christmas shopping later on, I cant wait! :dance:

[whychristmas]

I'm hoping to do some work on my site today (whilst listening to lots of christmas music!) and then this evening, I should be recording some of the shows for the Lifespring! Why Christmas Show - the wonders of skype! (I'm in the UK and I do it with Steve just outside LA: http://happyadvent.com)

[pretz57@amtelecom.net]

I might do some Christmas baking but first I have to do groceries and vacum the house!:cry:

[CandyCanesnews]

I plan to wrap a few gifts today and since the kids are out of school we are going to work on a Christmas puzzle. I hope to get some more decorating done as well.

:rudolph:

[trackrebel]

like on a lot of days....We are watching the old rankin/bass stop motion Rudolph The Rednosed Reindeer.

[Janey]

Well I did spend all afternoon looking for Christmas movies on TV but saw none! how rubbish! :(

Have bought another present today too.

[Holiday]

Well, I went shopping tonight at Walmart to buy food & supplies for our Thanksgiving party & now I am cleaning for the party! Tonight I am also going to switch purses to get ready for CHRISTMAS SHOPPING w/ the neighbor girls tomorrow!! :???: I am watching the 2 Christmas movies on ABC Family tonight while doing this....A Holiday To Remember & Unlikely Angel! :smile:

[trackrebel]

Oh I forgot...I was Christmas Shopping yesterday....I got a nice learning game for my 6-year-old Godchild and a giftcard for my best friend....We hardly see anymore....she hardly listens to music or watches movies anymore...and that´s what we always gave to each other...so she said a gift-card would be cool....

now it´s only 3 presents I need to buy...and I love it

[Mumof2]

I have the trees on,wreath and a few candles on the warmers,,kids are jumping around..time for bed!!!

[SilentNight08]

TODAY! I am getting out all of my decorations!!!!! I am also ordering a bunch of gifts on amazon! Merry Christmas!:tree:

[Janey]

Santa Clause 3 was on the TV so I watched that :)

Going shopping for more presents tomorrow, too! :D

[Holiday]

Well, I got up at 3:50 am & picked up a friend at 4:30 am to go to Walmart for their black Friday sales!!! What a mess!!!!! :lol: But I got an 8" didgital photo frame for $39.00, a portable 8" dvd player for $49, 4 gig flash drives for $9, a Garmin GPS for a friend for $97, & an all in one printer for a friend for $29! We stopped at the coffee shop & got a white caramel mocha (mmmm) & now I am trying to work on my tree!! I think if I would make myself lay down & take a quick nap I would enjoy this a lot more!!! But instead I think I am going to run over to a friends house to see how she is coming on her decorations. Maybe she will inspire me to get mine done!!! :D Hope you are all having a good, Christmassy kind of day!!! :grin:

[georgiamom]

My youngest dd got to her favorite movie the Grinch with Jim Carey and we are making paper chain for our Christmas tree. I hung my I will work for cookies on my carport door and have put our the Christmas movies for dd to have access to so she can load them and watch them to her hearts content which she has been bugging me for to do for weeks but my husband has this riduculous rule that we have to wait till after Thanksgiving. He is a bah humbug. We have been sneaking in movies since they have been on family channel and he cant say anything when he is tdy. lol. I love Christmas.:tree:

[SilentNight08]

I cleaned house all morning and moved things around to make way for my decorations which I will be putting out when Hubby gets home from work!! All while listening to christmas radio.. PLUS I watched some HGTV christmas decorating thing.:treeguy:

[SparkleNana]

Yes - I put more lights on my Christmas tree -- and started putting decorations on. I also went outside to check the multi-colored lights in the area of the front door -- and they work! So tonight I will turn them on.

I haven't yet checked the white twinkling lights which are in the big bushes all along the long side of the fence. If they work - I will turn them on tonight. If not, I'll work on them tomorrow.

I saw one house decorated with lots of Christmas lights on the drive home from Thanksgiving dinner. It looked beautiful!!!! Merry Christmas!

[Santa's Helper]

I started the rest of my decorating yesterday and I am still not done. I don't even have my main tree up yet! I still have to get my outside lights up as well. All we have up out there is our wreath on the side of the house. I got a lot done yesterday but, I just lost my steam by the evening and laid down to take a nap and didn't get up until this morning! So, now I have a lot to do. I have to put up my mom's tree and decorate the fire dept. this weekend. I hope I can get it all done.

[SparkleNana]

Santa's Helper -- it is so nice that you decorate the fire department! Is there a party there? Does anyone work with you?

I still have tons to do in the way of decorating! Lots more ornaments to put on the tree. (It seems each ornament hook stabs me. That slows things down. Also I am not persistent.) There are tubs everywhere - but they are slowly emptying of decorations.

I hope there are some inspiring Christmas shows on television today. I have used up all my inspiration and energy. If it gets desperate -- I WILL go to Starbucks for a latte!!!!!!!

[Janey]

I'm going shopping soon, will hopefully see lots of nice Christmas things :)

[Santa's Helper]

Santa's Helper -- it is so nice that you decorate the fire department! Is there a party there? Does anyone work with you?

I still have tons to do in the way of decorating! Lots more ornaments to put on the tree. (It seems each ornament hook stabs me. That slows things down. Also I am not persistent.) There are tubs everywhere - but they are slowly emptying of decorations.

I hope there are some inspiring Christmas shows on television today. I have used up all my inspiration and energy. If it gets desperate -- I WILL go to Starbucks for a latte!!!!!!!
Thank you very much! Nobody works with me I just started doing it myself. I thought that they needed a little Christmas spirit down there and offered to do it one year. I bought all of the stuff myself, I didn't ask them for any money as their money is tight. They don't have a party or anything like that I just think that they all hang out there and for many it's like a second home. So, why not make it feel like home with some Christmas decorations? I also decorate their gazebo with lights and garland as well. This year I'm going to try to get the guys to climb on the roof and put lights around the building as well. The only thing that they do that's Christmassy is they stuff bags with candy to hand out to the kids in the township here, they take Santa out on the firetruck and hand out candy to the kids that come out to see him. Then we (me included) go to the Nun's house that is in our service area and take special candy up to them. They always get a kick out of us coming there and we sing carols with them in front of the tree. I think I'm going to start a new tradition this year and get a firetruck ornament with our company name on it and the year on it as well so that they can hang it on their tree. They don't have any ornaments on their tree at all. I just think that since we go each year that it would be nice to give an annual ornament as well. It's really fun to do! I'm not an active member, I'm what they call an "associate member or a social member". Meaning I don't run calls I just go to parades and work at all of their events that they have and I am the official Christmas decorator!

[trackrebel]

Santa´s Helper...that is great, great thing to do!!! I´m sure these fire fighters really appreciate what You do for them.....seems like You are very busy....are U gon post pictures when You are ready?....Same to You sparklenana....the outside of Your house seems to be really slammin!!!

[whychristmas]

That's great Santa's Helper - you're really living up to your name! ;)

As for Christmassy things today, I've watched about half of the muppet's christmas carol and recorded several shows for: http://lifespringwhychristmas.com

[trackrebel]

We were at the Weihnachtsmarkt (Christmas Market), the kids rode the carussell and a children´s train...and we drank some Glühwein...then we came home and watch Chrsitmas Vacation again...:D

[Annette1990]

I have been watching HGTV today. I recorded a bunch of Christmas progrmas last night and watched them today.

[kcmsom76]

Hi everyone!!

Dh, ds, and I have been tackling this house and rearranging everything all day so the Christmas stuff will look nice. The tree is up, but not decorated. :wiggy: I have set out a few things but most of it is in totes out in dh's truck. He is going out to get them now. The kids and I will work on the rest of it tomorrow. :cool:

I have been watching Christmas movies off and on all day. That helps keep me motivated. I will work up a sweat and then take a break and watch the Christmas movies and start over again. I love all the Christmas movies.

The house is in great shape. Now if I can only keep it that way.

[bhenson]

I watched some christmas movies and stuffed a stocking! maybe in a while I will turn the tree on and listen to christmas music for a hour or so. :tree:

[Wenceslaus]

Decorated the Christmas tree today. In fact, we're still decorating it.

[Steven]

Put the finishing touches in the tree, must get pics. Also knocked out 75% of the Christmas shopping!

[Santa's Helper]

I watched Home Alone while I was putting my tree up and getting the lights on!

[SparkleNana]

Thanks to Wenceslaus, I checked out the television schedule for today. There are a lot of shows to look forward to! Real life activities are calling me (cleaning, laundry, bills, etc.)

This will be a very good day to turn the lights on the Christmas tree. It is dark and rainy and cold outside. (And - put more decorations on the tree.)

[SilentNight08]

Last night I went to an awesome christmas parade--Santa and reindeer were there and it was beautiful!!

Today I am going to make and freeze some fudge and get out some Christmas things while listening to christmas music and a Christmas movie!:tree:

We are suposed to get freezing rain this afternoon so it will be a good day to be inside!!

[act_as_if]

wrapping presents, going to watch A Christmas Story. Annnnnddd.........WATCHING IT SNOW!!

It's been snowing since last night!

[Jolly Old Elf Mary]

It's cold, rainy and nasty here in Kentucky. We are getting a light accumulation of snow later tonight.

Anyway, this is a nice day to stay inside and decorate for Christmas.

I have two rooms left to clean and then I'll start putting up my tree. Next, I'll tackle the Christmas village. If there's time left, I'll start putting up the MANY other decorations throughout the house. :merry:

I plan to watch a couple of Christmas movies, while I decorate, and enjoy a few cups of pumpkin spice coffee. YUM!

Have a fun day, folks!

Mary :sparkle:

[Ms_Speedy_Elf]

I have been making gingerbread ornament's today.

[SparkleNana]

Pumpkin Spice Coffee --- yum!!!

[rodmonster]

Everything going up today and tomorrow!!
WOO WOO!!!!

[Santa's Helper]

Santa´s Helper...that is great, great thing to do!!! I´m sure these fire fighters really appreciate what You do for them.....seems like You are very busy....are U gon post pictures when You are ready?....Same to You sparklenana....the outside of Your house seems to be really slammin!!!

I'll post pictures of everything as soon as I'm finished. Thanks!

[Annette1990]

Well I met my sister for lunch... then we hit this thrift shop next door. I really scored. I got 5 blow molds. I got 2 Union Nutcracker molds, 2 Empire Teddy Bear Molds and a really cute penguine holding a candy cane mold. We hope to get our tree tomorrow. Then I can start decorating. cheesy

[snowangel_x3]

My little brother was watching Spongebob so I sat down and watched it too when a Winter episode came on. Now I'm about to listen to Christmas music cause it got me in the spirit :)

[sugarplum fairy]

Since today is the 25th I am going to watch some Christmas cartoons with my son. Only 7 months to go until Christmas.cheesy

[emski4379]

My DS and I are watching The Santa Clause and eating popcorn.

[MsChristmas]

I was listening to some Christmas music earlier today.. I always try to do something on the 25th cheesy

[jack_skellington_fan]

Think today will be my Rudolph day - 25th i was planning last minute birthday bits for my little boys 5th birthday yesterday - so today i will be researching Christmas crafts on-line and possibly listening to some tunes on-line.

[snowytree]

Im working on a wood Christmas craft now. I have to sand and then paint it.

[lauriebear777]

I am watching A Christmas Carol with Patrick Stewert & I just finished watching A Year Without a Santa Claus

[made582]

I got the christmas music going and I may watch the santa clause 2 later today.

[lauriebear777]

I am watching it is a wonderful life.... Ahhhhhh....

[Christmas_Angel]

I got the christmas music going and I may watch the santa clause 2 later today.

WOW! cheesy Serious Christmas fans! I am just putting together my Halloween decorations...but I will admit...I did pull out some of my Christmas recipe books, the other day, just to browse through them.... Have fun! :smile:C.A.

http://www.holidayjoys.com/christmas/animated_gifs/christmas_animated_gif_01.gif

[MrsmerryChristmas]

I've actually been listening to Christmas music for the past several months and I'm currently in the process of transferring a lot of my Christmas vinyl and cassettes to CD.

In addition to that, I've been watching a few Christmas movies here and there (i.e., "The Polar Express")...:snowball:

[Mamax2]

I've been writing myself a countdown to christmas so I don't forget to do anything. I'm having a break from my cleaning routine now since my DD is asleep.

[jimmyolsen]

Actually, my kids took our Christmas tree to school for a play (it was part of a forest), and it's home now. Rather than pack it away, I think we're clearing out our "tree corner" and putting it up this weekend. Holidays came early this year...

[CJ498]

I am debating on whether or not to get out the Christmas Lights and start working on my yearly quest to have the most lights on my house in the neighborhood cheesy

[snowytree]

[quote=CJ498;191959]I am debating on whether or not to get out the Christmas Lights and start working on my yearly quest to have the most lights on my house in the neighborhood cheesy[/quote


This is also my husbands' goal!cheesy

[Wenceslaus]

I am debating on whether or not to get out the Christmas Lights and start working on my yearly quest to have the most lights on my house in the neighborhood cheesy


This is also my husbands' goal!cheesyHow many are there?

[snowytree]

How many are there?


I will ask him again..I don't remember. He tries to add to it every year.

[TamaraQT]

Did I do anything Christmassy today???

Well, let me think...hmmm.....yep, sure did. I went on that organized christmas website a couple of weeks ago and started my planner/binder book which I carry with me EVERYWHERE I go except to bed, LOL. So, today, I made my menu list for Christmas Eve and updated some addresses in it for my Christmas Cards. Yep, I did Christmassy stuff today and I'm so proud of it cheesy

[christmasjingles]

I just ordered a box of 20 very realistic looking icicles online to hang on one of our Christmas trees after I put it up. :dance: I've been wanting these for 2 years now.

[VeganChristmasBaby]

Since it's November now, I've been happily listening to my own personal Christmas stations on pandora.com every single day. Right now, Sarah McLachlan is singing "River. I'm a happy girl. :) I love to listen to holiday music especially while I blog.

I'm so excited for the holidays this year that sometimes I forget I'm getting married next week! haha....

- Lindsay, www.kissmyvegan.blogspot.com (http://www.kissmyvegan.blogspot.com)

:snowball:

[santashelperkobrin]

Even though it is now way past Christmas, I still listion too Christmas music eatch evening as I cook supper, I also keep a large snowglobe in my kitchen and I have a couple small ones in my liveingroom, Also in the kitchen I have some small snowmen that my little ones bought me that stay up, In my bedroom I have a 6 foot shelf were I keep my Christmas stuffies/ordments keep up all year round...I love it!! I hope everyone can keep in the Christmas spirt all year round.

Godbless

Ruth :rudolph:

[Bullypup]

In every room I have a subtle reminder of Christmas, a snowman, a candle, and even some needles that managed to escape the vacuum cleaner.

[VeganChristmasBaby]

Listening to Christmas songs right now as I type away on the computer. :)

[snowytree]

Im about to listen to a Christmas cd...Im really missing Christmas today for some reason!

[Annette1990]

Sure did this evening... had to put the last few items away that have been sitting out since before Christmas. I also worked on getting all my Christmas stuff more organized...a job that never ends. Still with plenty to do.

[ChristmasRose]

This was simply a happenstance, yet a real treat. Walked into a local bank yesterday after work and saw they still had a group of lovely natural poinsettia plants in shiny silver foil -- I loved it...!

[Bullypup]

Still streaming Christmas music in my office every day. Just can't let it go.

[clarebear]

Just drinking hot coco with marshmallows..it's freezing here, and the weather -forecasted SNOW!! :D

[Sapsorrow]

Hmm, my husband doesn't know it yet, but he's going to be making cookies tonight! (I earned them.)

I've been looking through everything that comes up on Google Books when you search for "Christmas" and select "full view only," and I'm adding everything interesting to me Google library so I can come back to it on my monthly Christmas "work" days.

[VeganChristmasBaby]

It's snowing in here in Brooklyn... I'm sipping coffee with almond milk and a little pumpkin spice in it with my husband... listening to my Nat King Cole pandora station - my favorite... and it just feels like Christmas. Funniest part? Our little fake Christmas tree is still up, cause we haven't gotten around to taking it down. :) I'm in that holiday spirit this morning, and it's such a wonderful feeling. :tree:

[Elf Pat]

I have been making Christmas gifts for Christmas 2010 since January!! I have made to date two lap quilts and I am currently working on a Christmas quilt (twin size)! Making things keeps me in the mood all year long and I do love seeing people's faces when they open my gift!!

Elf Pat

[usafvet]

I've been listening to Christmas music on my IPOD. What's cool about that is there are several different styles of Christmas music that you can choose. Some days I'm in the mood for Traditional, others I'm in the mood for something more recent. Either way, it helps make it feel like Christmas a little more each time.

[xmas365]

Went to Yankee Candle yesterday, it has a huge Christmas shop, and Santa is there year round (I posted some photos in an album of Yankee Candle today) the kids enjoyed seeing all of the trees and it snows inside one of the rooms, they have a Christmas village room, and a Kringle Market, we try to go at least once a year if not twice, it is only 45 min away.

[usafvet]

Wow, that sounds like an awesome Yankee Candle! Where is that? We have a Yankee Candle in the mall. Just a bunch of over priced candles and nicnaks.

[judesmama]

That Yankee store sounds AWESOME!!!

Yesterday, we read "The Night Before Christmas" about 3 times... my 2 year old loves "Ho Ho" as he calls Santa! :)

[xmas365]

Wow, that sounds like an awesome Yankee Candle! Where is that? We have a Yankee Candle in the mall. Just a bunch of over priced candles and nicnaks.


The one I went to was in South Deerfield, Massachusetts, I guess there is one in Virginia now. I posted a video for both on this link.

http://www.yankeecandle.com/cgi-bin/ycbvp/ycContent.jsp?page=/Navigation/Non+Product+Left/About+Yankee+Candle/Visit+a+Flagship+Store

[Wenceslaus]

I bought an album of 62 Christmas sound effects. Just a few:

Sleigh Bells
Sleigh Bells Pass-By
Ho Ho Ho Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas Elf
Old Open Market (people talk, carts)
Santa Workshop Hammering - 1 Minute of Elves Talking, Hammering
Bells Ringing
Fireworks Display
Church Bell Ring
Hand Bell Ring (Salvation Army Bell)
5-4-3-2-1 Happy New Year Then Fireworks
Christmas Music Box
Bah Humbug

I'm going to make that last one the sound effect for my computer's Error message.

[Annette1990]

Kinda sorta I guess....I am sitting here at my computer looking out from the inside and watching the snow come down. Not heavy but enough to stick on the grass and make the roads wet.

[emski4379]

It's 80º here, but we just watched Annabelle's Wish.

[mommytotwo]

We will concentrate more on Easter today since tomorrow is Easter. But, I will try to get to my storage room, and organize some Christmas items, and make a Christmas notecard or two. :tree:

[Christmas24/7]

It's 80º here, but we just watched Annabelle's Wish.

Is that a Christmas movie? If so, what do you think of it? I'm always looking for new Christmas movie titles?