I miss the smell of a Christmas tree, but honestly over the years we've found that artificial trees are better. It's less messy and we don't have to spend more on a tree that is slowly dying in our living room. Of course, we need to find another one because the one we've had for years came with lights already attached and all of those lights have burnt out. We need to find another one comparable to that soon.
When do you start getting your home Christmas ready as in trimming the tree, putting out decorations...? Almost immediately as possible. At the moment we need to really start cleaning the house before any of that happens, though, such as making room for the Christmas tree.
When do you start looking for presents? It should be way earlier than I normally do it. Most of my shopping is done online, unless I see something in a store and know impulsively that it is for someone. But otherwise, I try to find things online and we all know how shipping goes during these particular times of the year. I worry that the presents might not get here on time, etc.
What is your favorite thing to do that you only do during December? I like going into stores and wandering around their Christmas displays. I do this for Halloween too, actually, but there is something extra special about going into a store and hearing the Christmas music and going through the aisles and looking at all the shiny ornaments and different shimmering lights. Just the entire mood of the holiday spirit gets me excited, tbh.
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Date: 2016-12-03 11:01 pm (UTC)When do you start getting your home Christmas ready as in trimming the tree, putting out decorations...?
Almost immediately as possible. At the moment we need to really start cleaning the house before any of that happens, though, such as making room for the Christmas tree.
When do you start looking for presents?
It should be way earlier than I normally do it. Most of my shopping is done online, unless I see something in a store and know impulsively that it is for someone. But otherwise, I try to find things online and we all know how shipping goes during these particular times of the year. I worry that the presents might not get here on time, etc.
What is your favorite thing to do that you only do during December?
I like going into stores and wandering around their Christmas displays. I do this for Halloween too, actually, but there is something extra special about going into a store and hearing the Christmas music and going through the aisles and looking at all the shiny ornaments and different shimmering lights. Just the entire mood of the holiday spirit gets me excited, tbh.