1. Family.
There is nothing better time worth spent then being with family around the holidays. Mom, Dad, brother/sister, cousins, aunts, uncles, in-laws, and grandparents. I love how we used to do the secret Santa on Christmas Eve, talking away with catching up on our lives and what we've been up to. Oh and to also catch up on the latest gossip on people from your small town. Does your family do that to?
2. Friends
There has been a lot of holiday parties around here. There have been great company of some friends and then making some new ones.
3. The smell of a Christmas tree.
Needless to say more?!
Wait a minute,... I have a fake one this year...
So my allergies are not so forgiving this season .. but I still love to smell them.
4. The smell of burning Yankee Candles.
Ah! The scent of Christmas Eve was the one scent I grew up on. If you ain't smelled one, ya gotta.
5. Memories of Christmas Eve on Scotts Lane.
It was grandpa and grandmas Daugherty's house. It was an absolute beautiful mid-century modern houme on a beautiful piece of land. And Christmas Eve made that house was so magical. Open floor plan, cozy family room with the fire place roaring, HUGE Christmas tree all over looking the great wall of windows to the winter wonderland woods. It was one of the most beautiful settings you'll have ever seen.
6. Christmas Eve.
I remember growing up coming home from our family festivities of the evening, lighting candles, our family room lite by our glowing tree, and my dad reading to me T'was the Night Before Christmas.
7. Christmas Mornings.
The smell of cinnamon rolls, and breakfast casserole baking in the oven just before we would open presents. And not to forget drinking a cup of coffee with some Baileys.
8. If your lucky, a snowy evening on Christmas Eve.
Have you ever experienced a perfect snow fall on the eve of Christmas? If you haven't, you should add it to your life's bucket list. It's magical, beautiful, and kind of serene. And when you step out into it, it's so erringly quiet, even when your in the middle of town. You can even hear the snow sprinkle on the clinging leaves with some of the trees.
9. Christmas Movies
Miracle on 34th Street, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Christmas Carol
You know... the classics.
10. Christmas Music
The hymns, Tony Bennet, Frank Sinatra.
So darn wonderful.
Hope you all are having a wonderful Christmas week!
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