It’s Christmas Eve, and I am pretty excited about Christmas this year. This is my first Christmas being married, and we have decorations up around the house. For the first Christmas since leaving my parents’ house for college, it feels like I am at home. It is really cool to have a tree decorated and stockings hanging over the fire place. I’m not usually one for decorations, but I really like the way our house looks and feels. [Read more…] about Winter Wonderland
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What’s the Big Deal About Christmas Music?
If you walk into just about any store in America you will hear Christmas music playing. A few years ago I would have told you I couldn’t stand Christmas music. There was only one Christmas CD I would listen to and that was Relient K’s. It would really annoy me because if you ever listened to a radio station that played Christmas music it felt like you heard the same five songs just by different people. On Christmas Eve we would always go to my grandparents, and I would be annoyed because my mom would insist on listening to Christmas music in the car. [Read more…] about What’s the Big Deal About Christmas Music?