Tomorrow Steve and I are setting up Christmas. I have that night-before-Christmas excitement -- all jitters and anticipation to go through the big Christmas box, reminisce about past Christmases, drink egg nog, and rediscover all our decorations. Though this is only our second Christmas as a couple, we already have so many Christmas memories together, a home full of decorations, and a tree full of ornaments. Maybe we went a little overboard buying Christmas decorations last year, but that was only half of it.
My mom gave (gives) my siblings and I one or two ornaments every Christmas, telling us that when we grow up and move away, we'll have enough ornaments collected over the years that we'll be able to fill our OWN tree. And so we did. Since Steve had the same growing up, combining our Christmases was magical -- we both had our childhood Christmas memories merging into one to decorate the best tree in the world. So thanks to all mothers who think ahead and love Christmas :)
We fought for that tree. Spending half an hour to find the perfect tree only to see someone else walking away with it was heartbreaking. Thank God for Christmas miracles. Maybe we'll have another one tomorrow....
Christmas is the perfect time to embrace sentimentality.
And discovering Lady GaGa has a Christmas song makes this holiday season even better. Though my favorite Christmas song will always be Last Christmas. All versions of it. Even Scandinavian pop versions. I'm shameless.
