So far, I have huing one wreath, and it is hard to see for all the building materials propped up on the front porch, out of the weather. I hope to get a small tabletop tree up by Saturday. I have wrapped zero gifts. Just too much mess and disruption to enjoy the traditions much right now.
I did post the photo of Winn's stocking yesterday, and I will hang it with the rest by Christmas Eve. I have a feeling I will take things down pretty quickly, too. If anything other than the wreath stays up for even a week this year, I would be surprised.
My habit when the kids were little was to take out the Christmas decorations the day after Thanksgiving, and we would decorate a lot that day, finish over the weekend. Everything stayed up until New Year's Eve. Can't take six weeks of it anymore.
I think this is because it comes out so far ahead in the stores. I find myself thinking that so much of the merchandise in them is cheap, imported junk, and what that has cost our country. Sorry for being political with that thought, but it has been on my mind for weeks now.
I hope that having a grandchild will make me more excited about Christmas in years to come. Right now, it is pretty much, BAH, Humbug! around here....
