~ What Does Christmas Mean to You?

Christmas means a lot of things to a lot of people. Even people that do not celebrate Christmas for the birth of Christ can partake of the festivies of the month.

So I would like to ask everyone that reads this post to post a comment on what you think of or what Christmas means to you. The pros and the cons. I know a lot of people read my blog but don’t comment, but I LOVE comments and I will comment back if I can.

So here are some things that make me think of Christmas and December!

getting together with friends
sending out end of the year updates and cards!
spending time with our families
fresh baked cookies
my birthday in December!
(a new tradition) going to the beach to celebrate with Gary’s parents
parties!
seeing friends in church choirs
driving around seeing all the lights and decorations
shopping
and last minute shopping
those funny cartoons about Christmas time that are in e-mails fwd: fwd: fwd:
breaking out the winter sweaters
freezing my fingers off because I don’t really like wearing gloves
hot looking boots!
fuzzy slippers
the thick warm blanket on the bed (which will in turn not make me want to get up in the mornings into the frigid cold)
scraping the car windows in the morning
candy canes
gingerbread men or houses (which we have yet to make)
the heater in the car taking a while to work mostly on those very cold days and 2 seconds is too long!
hot cocoa with marshmallows
gary’s familys tradition of shrimp at christmas
decorating s few trees with lights and ornaments
making snowflakes out of tissue paper or plain white paper
donating food to a food bank
watching Christmas movies (my faves, the grinch cartoon version, and a white christmas)
seeing all the real poinsettias and hoping we don’t get one
cold toilet seats and not wanting to shower (but I do anyway and then don’t want to get out again) 😛
thinking of all the places we want to go next year