It happened today.
I plunged into the Christmas spirit. I don't quite know how it happened, but there is only so much I can do at this point. Thanksgiving has not yet come and gone, so I can not decorate or listen to Christmas music without my own self-imposed guilt.
That is not to say that I can not prepare for the Christmas season. I love this time of year.
This is my first holiday season in my own place, so I finally get to purchase and decorate for myself. Today, I hit Target, Michaels, and ShopKo to help me in this endeavor. (On a budget, of course.) I even started looking on iTunes for new Christmas music.
Growing up, my mom loved to go ALL out with Christmas decorations, and I loved it, too. The house was transformed with music boxes, angels, wall hangings, garlands, snow globes, and the nativity My least favorite part of the season was what became my job: taking all 1,298 boxes of Christmas decorations downstairs to the storage room. I'll be a little more simple, I think.
When I return to Spokane from being with my family for Thanksgiving next weekend, believe me...my apartment will be full of visible and audible Christmas cheer.
Can you put Santa on your roof?
Those were the days, my friend!
mfk
Posted by: mrsfinekelly | November 18, 2007 at 11:07 PM
Oh, Josh ... how fun to read. However, this is to let you know how much I'll appreciate your help the day after Thanksgiving, in pulling not quite ALL those boxes out - maybe we'll find something to send back with you. And, let me be the first to tell everyone that you took those boxes back downstairs with great aplomb - rarely complaining, even though it was a rough job!
Posted by: Mom | November 19, 2007 at 10:47 AM
oh man, i've just been waiting for others to get in the holiday spirit. i started listening to christmas music on nov. 1. no guilt. my mom always had wonderful decorations too! though maybe not 1298 boxes because my brother and i were probably a bit more whiny about taking them back downstairs...
Posted by: kyle | November 21, 2007 at 10:53 AM
Today, I busted out the Amy Grant in your honor. Hope you are well, Josh!
Posted by: Joshua M | November 24, 2007 at 05:18 PM
remember in 99 when there were only 5 of us in the entire dorm and you and joi and I strung popcorn for the christmas tree? good times, my friend...
Posted by: Erin | November 26, 2007 at 01:33 AM