Countdown to christmas

yes Christmas is coming in the next month and one can feel the jingle bells from now, you can find some good recipe for this year Christmas at this link http://www.recipe2cook.blogspot.com

Its hard for me to think of christmas now when thanks giving is just three days away and we still have a lot of work to do to prepare for our big family to come over. Im sure once thanksgiving is over then ill be thinking about christmas more which its usally how it is every year.

Christmas for my family starts on Thanksgiving Day, we put up and decorate the Christmas tree (yes it is fake) and listen to Christmas music. Each of the kids have a calendar and the check off the days waiting for Santa's big day. During the wait, both of the kids go through their toys and decided what they play with and what they don't play with. If they don't play with it any more, it goes to a child that would not normally have Christmas. Then there is the neighborhood Secret Santa, we put two baskets together and prepare a note, saying that Secret Santa has visited them, in order to keep the good will they should prepare a similar basket and give it to two neighbors. That way everyone is getting involved and paying it forward. :D The kids have fun and they never get caught. :D

i've been listening to carols and watching christmas movies, even my s/o is in the mood early this year. lol i also have most of my decorating done, took me most of last week, having a cast on my left arm made it a little more challenging. but at least i can sit back and enjoy it before all of the holiday rushing and busy time starts. i'll be travelling beginning around the 10th, to my daughters, then again on the 15th and 16th to see the rest of my family.

The count down to christmas will start here on the 1st December when the advent calanders come out, and then the count down will be greater nearer the day when the local radio starts singing in the mornings about how many sleeps to Santa coming down the chimmey.