Yep hear me out. Christmas in December is off. Done. Not sponge worthy. But the November celebration is so fun!!! In November you can go to the grocery store and buy all those Ziploc containers with red and green snowflakes and pretend you’re going to fill them with scrumptious cookies for everyone knowing that the oven will remain clean and like new. Kleenex in cute little boxes with reindeer wearing ornament necklaces. Adorbs. By June the frolic gets a bit tiring when allergies replace colds but for now I’m excited when I sneeze. The ‘Limited Addition’ snowflake shaped Ritz crackers are so worth the buildup. Won’t be finding those in December my friend. My mailbox is leaning with the weight of all those catalogs I have no intention of shopping from, but will plan my new shiny wardrobe for all those parties I won’t be invited to. Can’t put up a tree yet or it will become naked and fire bait soon enough. I am so into this November holiday season!!! And then. And then. It’s December and people start asking me confusing questions. “Are you READY FOR CHRISTMAS????” said with a panicked look in their eyes. Nope, haven’t even started training yet. I am ready for some football, however, and intend to watch a lot of it until it vanishes poof. “Do you have your SHOPPING ALLLL DONE”?????? Oh yea. Two hours on Amazon takes care of that. In a world where people drop a G for a new phone because it has moving emojis, they aren’t waiting for me to fill their every wish. My dearests have enough socks and underwear. Even my wee dearests end up with toooooo much because at least their stuff is cool and they are still growing. And not just Boomlennial sideways. Will give it my best to make sure they stay unjaded and continue to believe that Santa sees you when you’re sleeping, and knows when you’re awake, and knows if you’ve been bad or good so be good for goodness sake! Now that song is just mean. Won’t be belting that out this November. Just going to sit back and let it snow, let it snow, let it snow. And watch the pretty colored leaves pile up.