“JDaniel, we are going to wait a few weeks until after Thanksgiving.”
“The stores have theirs up!”
I am not sure why Christmas things go up as soon as the Halloween displays come down. I love to celebrate Thanksgiving and then get ready for Christmas, but I found Christmas sneaking in earlier and earlier this year.
We had a wonderful time with my husband’s family at Calloway Gardens in Pine Mountain, Georgia over the Thanksgiving holidays. Christmas was everywhere there. There was a lovely holiday light display that we rode through on Thanksgiving Day. The lobby of the lodge we stayed in had a beautiful tree decorating its lobby. We exchange Naughty Santa gifts while our little ones played with toys their Nana has given them for Christmas. (We only see all my husband’s siblings and their families once a year at Thanksgiving so, we always end up celebrating Christmas during Thanksgiving with them.)
When we came home, our street had Christmas lights guiding us down to our undecorated home. After we went to church today and watched the first Advent candle been lit, we came home and took out a few things. We had planned to hang wreaths outside today, but it was too windy and cold. Maybe next weekend will be warm and our house will begin to look a little bit ready for Christmas until then I am still stuffed from Thanksgiving.
When do you start decorating for Christmas?