Merry Decemberish!

Ho, Ho, Ho... (Thundercats- HO!) Thanksgiving has come and gone and I am so over Turkey right now.  Like the bird had better stay away because I will not be held accountable for my actions if I see one... or I see some...  or however you define dead, cooked, plated Turkey (they, it, she, he, etc...)  I just don't want to eat or look at it anytime soon.  Good Riddance!  O that's not very Holiday of me, what I meant to say was Onward and Upward and on to December!  (Even though it's still November for at least two more days)

As it is THE Holiday Season officially now- I thought I'd share with you some of my favorite things that happen during this time of year...  that don't happen at any other time, or if they do we all pretend we don't see it because timing is everything ya'll.

Xmas Music:  I really love Holiday music.  I mean not in a "I rock out to it in the car" kind of way (I do rock out to Paramore and Florence and The Machine in the car, however), but in a special "tree-trimming" kind of way.  It's like these jolly bell-jingling tunes just worm-hole their way into my heart and make me happy, like a puppy's wiggly tail.  Even the normally evil Mariah Carey is made less terrible disguised as joyous Santa melodies.  I mean it's not cool to listen to them outside of this glorious and awesome time of year (which is why I take them off my ipod so as not to Shuffle them into a hot July day randomly).  So to you Holiday Music, I thank you for being so very much fun and only tolerable for 3-4 weeks a year!!!

Songs to Love This Year: "Baby, it's cold outside" Glee Holiday (Chris Colfer and that Darren Criss), "O Holy Night" Indigo Girls

ABC Family 25 Days of Christmas:  I will talk to anyone and everyone about ABC Family and their incredible brand of cheese-tastic movies that they sell me every weekend and that I gobble up like a Turkey (Does that imply I am eating it like I eat Turkey, or that I eat like a Turkey? Discuss).  In any case, their 25 days of Xmas is like some kind of special frosting (not icing) of delectable ridiculousness.  They are hand-dipped in a hazy holiday sparkly ham-tastic festival of lights and Santa-rrific moments... whether it be about dogs or kids or saving an orphanage or making sure Christmas actually happens this year or falling in love or like blizzards and baby Jesus and the miracle of the human spirit, etc... ABC family will sprinkle it all with twinkly lights, green and red paper and bows, and throw a ham and cheese - tastic sandwich in there for good measure.  And I love it!!!  I mean would Melissa Joan Hart or Mario Lopez or Joey Lawrence even have jobs now if not for the extreme Holiday nonsense on this channel?  I think not~!

25 Days of Xmas Movies:  HOLIDAY IN HANDCUFFS! Delicious!

Christmas Lights: Driving all over the state this weekend, I saw that some industrious families had already put the effort in and decorated the outside of their homes...  LOVE IT!  Again, it's like the music... I see it and I'm like all squishy and happy inside.  Maybe it reminds me of being a kid at this time of year (though really who wants to be a kid again?) or some kind of sense memory thing or like a deeply buried secret that lies dormant in my brain and is triggered by pretty lights, but I think every house looks 15,000 times better with holiday decorations, tastefully done holiday decorations, all displayed and what not.  I mean don't go crazy people.  No one needs to see your interpretation of baby Jesus' birth with Rudolf, Frosty, and Charlie Brown in attendance.  Or maybe we do?  I guess either way it is So Awesome!  But you know what SUUUUCKKKSS?  DEC 26th and seeing Holiday lights up!  It's like super depressing.  Holiday Hangover is almost as bad as that movie, The Hangover, for reals.

Colored Lights or White or Solid:  I am partial to colored lights outside and white on the tree inside.

Other things I love at this time: Peppermint Mochas at Starbucks, Gingerbread, The GGE!, Sparkly Festive Holiday Clothes, Xmas Shopping (Yep, it's a disease), Ornaments, Listening to Nick and Sammi open up presents from us, seeing my crazy family,  and of course, A Very Supernatural Christmas! 
What about you all?  Tell me dear readers... what are your favorite things at this time of year?  O I love those too! (I can't really hear you) Spread the Joy my kiddies... and enjoy the almost December of it all!
Luv,
Nikki