An old Christmas photo of me! If I was at home I could dig through some photo albums and dig up a really old one and scan it up, but I happen to be not home tonight. However I happen to have a few on Facebook. I like to share my baby pictures, sue me! I think this picture was roughly around 1995.
Me (left) and my older sister Nancy (right)
This Christmas is going to be my first Christmas morning where I won't be sharing it with my sister since she's moved out and has her own Christmas morning to do! It's going to be strange, but I'm glad I'll get to spend some time on Christmas Eve and Boxing Day with her and her family. The holidays are a great time of year to spend with family, I hope everybody enjoys every moment of it!
Now my favorite Christmas carol isn't really a carol, and it's far from your traditional Christmas songs. Well, that depends on what kind of Christmas music that you listen I s'pose. My personal favorite Christmas song is a great gem from the glorious years when boybands were all the rage. I'm taking you back to Christmas 1998 with *Nsync's Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays!
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays
Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas
Happy Holidays
We've been waiting all year for this night
And the snow is glistening on the trees outside
And all the stockings are hung by the fire side
Waitingfor Santa to arrive
And all the love will show
'Cause everybody knows
It's Christmastime and
All the kids will see
The gifts under the tree
It's the best time of the year for the family
It's a wonderful feeling
Feel the love in the room
From the floor to the ceiling
It's that time of year
Christmastime is here
And with the blessings from above
God sends you his love
And everybody's okay
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas
Happy Holidays
Bells are ringing
It's time to scream and shout (scream and shout)
And everybody's playing cause school's out
Celebrating this special time we share
Happiness cause love is in the air
And all the love will show
'Cause everybody knows
It's Christmastime and
All the kids will see
The gifts under the tree
It's the best time of the year for the family
It's a wonderful feeling
Feel the love in the room
>From the floor to the ceiling
It's that time of year
Christmastime is here
And with the blessings from above
God sends you his love
And everything's okay
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas
Happy Holidays
No matter what your holiday
It's a time to celebrate
And put your worries aside (worries aside)
And open up your mind (open up your mind)
See the world right by your side
It's Christmastime
Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas
Happy Holidays
Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas
Happy Holidays
It's a wonderful feeling
Feel the love in the room
From the floor to the ceiling
It's that time of year
Christmastime is here
And with the blessings from above
God sends you his love
And everything's okay
Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas
Happy Holidays
Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas
Happy Holidays
Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas
Happy Holidays
There's nothing like a cheesy pop Christmas video, am I right? The premise of this video is that it's Christmas Eve, but Santa is sick! Naturally *Nsync ends up passing out the gifts and spreading Christmas cheer to everyone.
If I haven't convinced you into watching the video yet, maybe these screencaps from the video will change your mind!
In the spirit of the season I've found a 12 days of Christmas countdown blogging challenge which I'll be doing on here. I urge you all to join in with the holiday fun!
Last Saturday evening I helped my mom decorate our Christmas tree. It's slightly crooked, but hey, nothing is perfect! Our tree is always decorated with decorations we've had for years, many of which are personalized and handmade from my childhood. I love seeing beautiful well put together Christmas trees, it's nice when people make everything tie in together. However I would never give up how we decorate our tree. I love that it is full of memories and life. Every year when it's time to decorate the tree when I'm going through all the ornaments I just get a huge burst of nostalgia for all of the Christmases past.
Stay tuned this week for more 12 days of Christmas fun! :)
