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I'm officially in the Christmas decor, here. I have my tree and decorations up, as of Friday.
I think I've found the spirit of Christmas in the midst of studying. The times when I take a break, wander the Internet, and try to get back to work... well, they do no good.
But, when I draw pine trees and stars on my dorm door white board with a message "Among all the stress... never forget that old-fashioned joy!"... or I ring my one window in lights so all the campus quad can see... then I go back to work happy and feeling productive! Plus, only allowing myself to add one ornament to my tree per assignment completed (or essay paragraph written,) it keeps the motivation flowing.
-Steven
I'm officially in the Christmas decor, here. I have my tree and decorations up, as of Friday.
Great Vintagey tree Tommy!
Lovely tree, Tom! We put ours up this weekend too, though I have millions of ornaments yet to sift through but I do have all the vintage ones up on the choicest of branches. My only fear is we have four cats, all rambunctious and I race home after work this time of year to make sure the tree is still standing and nothing broken.
Heheh, it's the wild instinct I'm sure, Edward! Day one and tree still standing with no ornaments broken. I always put ornaments I have more than one of or plastic/felt ornaments on the bottom branches so if the glitter catches their eye, it won't be so bad if I find it on the floor later. However, sometimes one of them will get a wild hair and will make a leap for the middle of the tree...I recall finding a huge hole a few years ago where our long haired cat decided she must sprawl herself out and nap there. And the other likes to chew...so no garland anymore unless it's up high in a door or archway.
I'm officially in the Christmas decor, here. I have my tree and decorations up, as of Friday.
It's our first christmas with our new kitten, so i'm going to have to bite the bullet and see how we go with the christmas tree. I have learned not to put the lights on the flicker setting, learned from bitter experience i might add, re-read that as being woken up from a delightful post-dinner power-nap, by the sound of the tree hitting the floor and our little Miss howling all the way to the catflap!
My neighbour next door who has four babies, keeps a spritzer bottle of water near the tree and 'lightly mists', if one of the little darlings goes near it. It works a treat apparently, although i'm not sure if i could cope with the sulking from Daphne if i tried that myself.
Being a "heathen" doesn't mean you can't enjoy Christmas. I don't know anyone who actually goes to church and they enjoy Christmas. I even know some Jews and Wiccans who enjoy Christmas. As for the staying home, how did you actually accomplish that?!?!? I recently asked my kids what their favorite holiday was and the answer was July 4, because they get to eat all day long and play video games with their friends (we host an all-day BBQ every year). When I asked about Christmas, they both said they hated it because they had to spend all day long in the car. Both sets of grandparents are divorced and remarried, so the holiday gets split between the 4 sets of grandparents and our own home. I don't want my kids growing, hating Christmas.