Santa, bring me, bring me... love!

This is what happens when you listen to Big R- Christmas Top 40 hits on winamp radio. You find beautiful, poppy, Christmas music. Ladies and Gentlemen.. Marie Digby's Bring me Love. It's so terribly cute and wonderful.

"This year I can't say I've been perfect
I'm pretty sure I've got
a regret or two
but Santa please don't hold it
against me
cause this year I'm counting on you
to ...
bring me, bring me love oh
Santa bring me, bring me love oh
bring me love"

Christmas radio is definitely a way to get into the spirit in this pre-season. I think Christmas music more than most genres has an ability to tug at heart-strings and nostalgia. You can't listen to any song from the Grinch without thinking of your childhood (unless, of course, you never saw it.. in which case you must not celebrate Christmas because How the Grinch Stole Christmas as a book and cartoon is right up there with Santa Claus in Coming to Town and It's a Wonderful Life). So turn on your internet radio today... take a little time... and feel Christmases long passed... smell the cookies... envision the season...

83 days
until
CHRISTMAS!

Ways to find the Christmas mood.

Here we are. It's finally October, in other words only a few days until Christmas! Okay, more like a few weeks, but we're at that point where talking about Christmas doesn't get you those funny looks from your co-workers. (like when I started a Christmas Countdown at my work [Wal*mart] in August -- people were either delighted by my silver sharpie Christmas tree on the black cardboard I cut out or horrified) It's officially pre-season. It's pre-game time. It's time for a Pep Ralley for Christmas, my friends, and I am the pep-band, the cheerleaders, and the tail-gate party.

How are you going to get pumped about Christmas so early in this pre-season? Let's go over some basic steps.

First off, take a walk on a particularly crisp fall evening. Observe how the air makes you shiver and the lights coming out of the buildings or street lamps around you -- doesn't that light in the darkness look familiar? The soft glow .. does it give you a cheer?

Perhaps indeed these lights can be akin to a sight that your heart so longs to see...


Like our dear friend the Christmas tree (right). This particular specimen has been captured by a miracle. The brightness of the star upon the tree nearly destroyed my camera - that is is why the image is so very blurry. The true light and joy of this true was only able to comprehended in person. Even my memory does not do it justice. Shine on, star. I wonder how bright the star above Bethlehem was... I imagine somewhere a little above the brightness of this one, but not by much.. not by much...


Which brings me to an important step: Think about it! Let yourself daily find a Christmas moment - a great memory, a wish for this year, maybe even take a stroll through the growing section of Christmas stuff at Big lots or Walmart or the Dollar Store.

Another step: practice all of the things that Christmas brings out in people. Be kind, patience, generous! Think of others before yourself. Because hey, the Santa of our conscience is always watching. We can't hide from him - he knows when we're sleeping on our goodwill when we should be awake spreading it around.

Well, that's all of my Christmas pondering I shall spare for today!

84 days til Christmas!!!

The return. New thrilling, heart-warming content soon!

87 days
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Santa Paws of the Week

7 days until Christmas!

This year Santa, I would very much like...

Good grades. School may be killing my Christmas Spirit at the moment. I can't wait for it to make a comeback after I treat myself to some Christmas parade after my late final tomorrow (which, because of its lateness, I got out of work for.. whoo!). So, hopefully, I will have many pictures and something really terribly inspirational to say after the parade. Heres to hoping!

OH! and in case you didn't think about it...

A MERE 20 days until Christmas!

Oh, Cracker Barrel, you tricker. You Sneaky Christmas Sneak.

My car smells intoxicating-ly like a Christmas tree. Horrifyingly like a Christmas tree. But I'm not taking that thing down. That's over 6 dollars worth of smell, friends. Let me explain.

On Saturday, I went out with my two best friends in the world for an exciting trip to Cracker Barrel. I think Cracker Barrel is where I would have Christmas dinner if I couldn't have it at home. It's just a magical, southern feel good destination. However, there were so many things that should have indicated to me this would be a trip like no other. For one, a grumpy old man yelled at us from across the restaurant to be quiet. His words were something like, "Shut the hell up! You scared the hell out of that guy behind you! We're trying to eat!!!!" This was all due to my friend laughing. I hope he doesn't get to see Christmas this year. What's that Santa/Jesus? You heard that? I'm sorry. I didn't really mean it. unless you agree...
So, we got to the counter where you pay. And I saw these beauties up in the left corner. What beautiful air fresheners! And Yankee Candle? They're sure to smell great! The price was unmarked, so I almost asked how much they were. But then I thought, my zeal for Christmas knows no price. They couldn't be more than 4 or 5 dollars. My bill was 11 dollars before I added them. As the woman scanned my friends, made small talk about their good scent, and bagged them... I looked up. 18 dollars. Are you kidding me? I could have had another serving of chicken and rice...

So friends, take a ride in my car. Know what it's like to BREATHE, I mean really BREATHE Christmas.

Santa Paws (plural) of the Week

50 days until Christmas!