There is really one main reason why: I like things to be pretty. I'm not one of those people who decorate for every holiday or change of season, nor do I want to be. I don't have many knick knacks around my house to serve as decoration at all... but Christmas is a time when my whole house is beautified.... not to mention the whole town!
Around Christmas, my house is pretty. I burn Christmas candles and play Christmas music. It's the time of year for turkey, ham, pumpkin anything, meatballs, mini wienies, and cheese sauce. You see, Christmas is pleasing to almost all of my senses.
And then there's the people. What other time of the year do strangers greet you with a "Happy Holidays" and a smile? I say Merry Christmas back, but still enjoy the greeting. I love seeing people dressing up in their Christmas sweaters with little ornaments dangling from their ears. It is such a joyful time of year.
I love getting to spend time with family. I enjoy seeing everybody interact with their spouses- from my husband's 96 year old grandparents to my newly wed cousin. I love the screaming and hollering that is bound to go on in the Heimbaugh household... and the screaming and hollering that is bound to go on in the Gerrels household!
And, of course, I haven't forgotten the snow!! I just love the snow! I'm so happy that my husband's extended family is from Minnesota as it gives me an excuse to soak up negative 25 degree temperatures in six feet of snow and sweat it out in a kitchen that is far too hot from cooking all day!
I love exchanging gifts. I hunt for Christmas gifts to give people all year long. Most of all I enjoy exchanging and opening stockings.
This is the first of probably four or five Christmas trees I will put up this year.
It has 1,600 lights on it, and it rotates.
Lots of stuff stuffed into this tree!
It's always fun to put something unexpected in a tree.
My tree toppers are usually big and nontraditional.
