10 things :: Celebrating the season

It has been an incredibly busy week here as I'm sure it's been at your house too!  When I woke up this morning to realize that...oh my goodness, how can it be Thursday already....a little bit of panic set in!

I'm still hobbling around with a leg brace and trying desperately to remain calm and mindful of what really matters this season...while letting go of the rest.  That's difficult.  I haven't gone upstairs to my kids bedrooms in quite a while because of my knee injury and last night, I finally made it up there for  tuck-ins.  When I saw the countdown on my daughter's (very artistic) door, I just had to snap a picture of it.  It made me stop and realize that it's time to put the "work" of the season away and start celebrating.  I quickly made a list of the things I want to be sure that we experience this holiday. For me, it's all about spending time together having fun and making happy memories. 

Here's my list:

1. Drive to see the neighborhood Christmas lights.

2. Bake snowballs and Christmas cut out cookies with the kids.

3. Pop popcorn and watch Christmas Vacation.

4. Sit by the fire with Kevin and toast our blessings with a pomegranate martini.

5. Make Eggs Goldenrod for Christmas morning breakfast.

6. Decorate the gingerbread sleigh.

7. Cuddle up in front of the tree and have a Christmas "Read In".

8.  Have a family game night and play Christmas Trivia.

9.  Go to lunch and see a matinee of A Christmas Carol.

10. Pack a winter picnic and go Sledding at the park.

What's on your celebration list this year?

Comments

[Kate England]

Gosh, I'm so incredibly stressed out too! Tons of stuff piling up and I feel somehow less able to deal with stress this year, thank I have been in the past. Celebration? Well, here are my thoughts.

1 Nature, long walks in a hopefully snowy landscape.
2 Friends, I just bumped into a friend I'd drifted away from while Christmas shopping and actually had coffee with another dearly loved friend today.
3 Family of course, Christmas Eve with a Swedish get together and Christmas Day with an English Christmas.
4 Books and films and tea and slippers and pyjamas. Turkey sandwiches. Pleasant, slow days with lots of food for thought.
5 Put the Christmas card up on a ribbon for display. Renew the hyacinths, poinsettias and amaryllis as needed and embed them in tiny moss gardens. Find the "julbock", our straw ram who stands guard under the tree!