I just have to say that I LOVE Christmas. It is totally my favorite holiday and probably for all the wrong reasons too. I love decorating the house with glitter and tradition. I love making cookies and other delectable treats. I love going to holiday parties, getting all dressed up and chatting the night away with family and friends. I especially love how they play O Come All Ye Faithful and the church I grew up at during the midnight service, it's very dramatic there. They have an organ, choir and the entire church stands and sings together in candle light. One year I balled like a baby during the entire song. It was kind of embarrassing when it was over and everyone could see my tear streaked face when it the lights resumed.
This year is a bit different that the years past because this is the first year that Jason and I have been married during Christmas. Now we face the challenge of blending our favorite traditions and even making new ones. For example, tradition that Jason views as very important is decorating the tree with ornaments that he has received from his childhood. This seems alright but I haven't included the fact that he has some very odd ornaments that he insists go on the tree, like a golden framed picture of Elvis and a very ugly, seemingly demonic figure of a monkey in a clown outfit. I recently purchased a bunch of coordinating ornaments in green and silver. I'm wondering if my...uh hem...our tree is going to be as coordinated as I hoped.