Getting Into The Spirit Of Christmas

We decorated the house this week. It's beautiful. I really really love when Christmas rolls around, because I love getting into the spirit of the season. It makes me feel warm and cozy. We wanted to find Jackson a stocking this year. But we couldn't find one over here anywhere. To my surprise my Grandma Dot sent Jackson this beautiful stocking in the mail. Along with his "Baby's First Christmas" ornament. We are loving them both. We hung Jackson's stocking up on my quilt rack. I'm pretending that it's our mantle. Something was kind of off though. Brandon and I needed stockings to match Jackson's. So I got online and ordered us both stockings and had our names embroidered on ours too. Now we have a whole family of beautiful stockings. Thanks Nanny for blessing us with such a nice gift.
Since the first year that Brandon and I were married I have put the tree up early. Usually because Brandon is seldom home and no one really ever comes over. So what does it matter if I put it up early? I love my tree. It makes me happy. And when you live alone most of the time in cold dreary winter, it's such a nice feeling to have the lights lit up and the ornaments sparkling. The first year we were married I bought my tree on sale at Walmart. Along with all of the ornaments and tree skirt. I bought the tree in October. Brandon was gone in boot camp and then a specialty school for 6 months. I figured what the heck, it's on sale I might as well get it. The day I bought the tree I was so excited for Christmas. I went right home and put it up in the living room. In October. I caught quite a bit of grief from my girlfriends that would come over. But I didn't really care. So every year since then I have gotten the itch to put it up early. This year I held out until Thanksgiving week, which was quite the feat for me. Here is a picture of our tree and stockings hanging on our "mantle".
Brandon and I capped off the evening by watching Christmas Vacation, a classic Christmas movie that I love. And of course drinking hot chocolate. It was a fun night for us. In fact it is my goal to own several Christmas movies so that I can watch a different one every night for the month of December, until Christmas comes. If you ever want to get me a gift, make it a Christmas movie. I love them!
And what kind of mother would I be if I didn't make my son wear Christmas Jammies?? They are adorable and he looks so cute in them. I love the reindeer heads on the feet. Every year my mom buys us Christmas socks. Some of them are pretty obnoxious too, with music and flashing lights. I have a whole drawer filled just from the Christmas sock collection. We open them on Christmas Eve every year and wear them when we open our gifts the next morning. This will be my tradition with my kids. Christmas Jammies.

I hope that all of you have a great time getting into the Christmas Spirit with your loved ones. It really does make it more fun and special. This was just a peak into our home for Christmas, hope you enjoyed it!