I'm all-or-nothing about everything in my life, and this includes holidays. In general, I celebrate all the major U.S. holidays at least enough to snap a photo or two to use with the scrap kits that are coming out at the same time but Christmas... come to mama.
This year we are doing all of the following (and more TBD): decorating my parents' house, visiting Santa, cutting down & decorating our own tree, Camp Fire (like coed Girl Scouts) craft night, gingerbread house making, Christmas cookie baking, living Nativity, visiting Bronner's the world's largest Christmas store (already done), St. Nicholas Day, ringing the bell for the Salvation Army, attending local Winterfest, sledding/ice skating, my son's preschool Christmas program, the kids singing in church, celebrating with the ILs, Christmas Eve service, midnight service (just me), sibling gifts, digitally scrapbooked Christmas cards (already done & set to arrive today!), reading Christmas books before bed, shopping, making ornaments, Advent calendars (already purchased & ready to go!), each kid's new ornament for the year (purchased last weekend), seeing 'The Grinch' in the movie theaters, & celebrating Christmas Day with my family.
You have to understand, though, that I'm the office manager for a church. Researching, planning, scheduling, and executing are what I do all day long, and I do them all day long & have this kind of job because I am good at it & enjoy it. All Christmas, all the time makes me happy.
