Holiday List

This year I feel so much more enthusiastic and also relaxed about the holidays. I'm actually looking forward to a whole month of holiday music and decorations. Usually I can't stand it until about two weeks before Christmas. So maybe I'm relaxing a little. What a relief, to actually enjoy the holidays.

Old Traditions To Keep or Restart:

• Make 3-4 batches holiday cookies to give away and have around. Including gingerbread cutouts. With icing and red-hots.
• Decorate the tree together, with holiday music and an xmas special on TV.
• Driving around to look at the lights.
• A walk in downtown SF to see the shopfronts.
• Set up Holiday Village (somewhere...)
• Rickety dishevled lights in our windows.

New Traditions To Start (or try out)

• Going to Advent services.
• Making some holiday crafts for around the house.
• Help someone else out (volunteering at Girls Inc... maybe somewhere else as well)
• Get a wreath for the door.
• New PJs on Christmas Eve.

I'm sure there will be more to come. And lots of spiced tea, coffee with eggnog on Sundays, and wintry evening walks. I can't wait.