...or shall I say "Happy HalloThanksmas"...I woke up this morning to my favorite radio station playing "Jingle Bells." JINGLE BELLS. That was followed by "Deck the Halls" and capped off with a rousing rendition of "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas!"
What in the everlovin world are they doing playing Christmas music??? That stresses me out, y'all. FIRST of all, it's Halloween. That means it is still October. Say it with me, "OCT----TOBBBB-BER." Jeesh.
My friend Stacey and I were chuckling the other day about how much we still love this time of year because our "holiday planning" is still full of hope and promise. Those homemade gifts we want to make are still possible and all those nifty little ways we want to organize for the hectic holiday season can still be put into place. I can still be organized (yes!) and creative (oh! yeah!) when it comes to giftwrapping and if I wanted to bake my special-what-I'm-known-for holiday cake for all my friends and neighbors, I still have time. Of course, I'm not actually KNOWN for baking anything...so that could be a problem. BUT...because it's only OCTOBER, I still have time to learn how to bake something-special-that-I-could-possibly-become-known-for. The season is full of possibility, it is! Right?
But not if I wake up to "Silent Night."
Because, if I wake up to the song "Silent Night" playing on the radio, it's HERE. Christmas. And that means that I have a lot to do and not enough time to do it and that stresses me out because THIS is the year I was gonna be on TOP of the game, yessirree I was. I was going to pull out that "Countdown to Christmas" planner I bought years ago, dust it off and use it this year. REALLY use it.
Because, you see. It's still OCTOBER. I am going to switch the radio station, reprogram my brain to my favorite season, autumn, which is still gloriously presenting itself outside my door. I will banish the stressful thoughts of holiday-prep inadequacy and enjoy the rest of my Fall without falling into the way-too-early preholiday madness.
I will.
I promise.
I must.
I will not look up a single recipe for "Festive Holiday Bundt Recipes for Dummies"...well, at least not until tomorrow. Cause then folks it will be November.
And you know what that means...
GAME ON.
5 comments:
It's bad enough that the stores already have Christmas decorations out but for the radio stations to be playing Christmas carols??? Augh! That's more than I can take.
In the good old days they didn't start playing Christmas carols until Thanksgiving.
Oh well. Merry Christmas!
yeah, i wasn't too happy when i turned my radio to that station either. what the heck? don't get me wrong, i LOVE christmas songs, but part of the reason is because i only listen to them for a few weeks out of the year. it makes them extra special. but when you start playing them on October 31st??? oh well, i'm preaching to the choir, so i'll step down. merry halloween to ya!!
AMEN. Because if you can't beat 'em, join 'em. So they don't buy up all the cranberry and grapevine garland before you get there.
I am sooo glad Halloween is over and I can't wait to start moving on to better things! I am ready to Christmas shop and decorate!
Classicly, hilariously, special-what-you're-known-for writing my friend! LOVED this...and agree wholeheartedly!
(they're playing it out here, too...grrrr.)
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