Thanksgiving is the Friday night of holidays. It’s great by itself, but what makes it truly awesome is all the fantastic holidays it precludes.
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(That statement is pure genius – thank you Jordan!)
So you know I love running…and reading…and eating. And by now, you’re probably aware of my passion for pumpkin and art museums. But I’ve been holding out on you. Because what I love more than all that fun stuff is…dun dun dun….CHRISTMAS! And after Thanksgiving dinner, it is officially legitimately Christmastime. YAY!!!! (I’m excited, are you?)
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Even if you don’t celebrate Christmas, there are plenty of things to love about the “holiday season”: baked goods, days off work (2 in a row – thank you Christmas and New Year’s!), holiday sales, Hanukkah, Kwanza, cookies, and just general good cheer!
Oh the list of things I love about this time of year goes on and on and on. I love Christmas music, movies, shows, food, trees, ornaments, candy canes, decorations… I’m getting all worked up just sitting here at my desk!
If you happen to be a Christmas-hater, perhaps you should avoid my blog for the next month…actually no, you should probably keep reading because maybe my appreciation for Christmas will rub off on you a bit…remember, nobody likes a hater.
My Christmas Warm-Up Weekend:
Anywhoozle – while picking on left-over Thanksgiving desserts Thursday night (to be blogged about tomorrow), I tuned into my first Christmas movie of the year.
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(Actually that’s a lie – I watched The Grinch On Demand back at the beginning of November – did I mention that I get excited about Christmastime?)
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I watched Elf on Thanksgiving - the part where he gets hit by the taxi kills me...and the part when he's eating cotton balls at the Dr.'s office...and the spaghetti with maple syrup - my sister and I may or may not have tried that one...
On “Black Friday” I hit up the malls at Tysons Corner. Woah. This was my first Black Friday experience, and it was quite the experience. I wasn’t out to buy anything in particular, but appreciated all the people-watching. Imagine looking out from the second story of a mall and just seeing a sea of people. But don’t space out too long, or they will run you over! It was as much people-dodging as people-watching. After all that I was exhausted, so I settled in to watch Christmas movie #3 - Love Actually - the guy with the signs telling Kiera Knightley that he loves her makes me cry. In a good way.
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On Saturday, I meandered over to the American History Museum, because I remembered reading about a special holiday exhibit. On the way, I wandered through the city – all the big hotels and office buildings were in the process of decorating. The exhibit itself was pretty meh – it was about holiday parades and floats and department store windows, but it was about the size of my bedroom, and didn’t have much stuff…not worth waiting in line for.
Then I went to Target and bought a tree and ornaments for my house!!! And listened to Christmas Radio on the way…It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…
So that’s about it. It’s odd being in the city for a holiday weekend, because everyone leaves the city to visit family. But that’s ok, I obviously amuse myself. Today ss November 30, so for you sticklers who say Christmas can’t start until December – this is your last day of justified grinchiness…GET EXCITED!!!
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