Don’t you just love this time of year? The hustle, the bustle, the boxes and bows, the Christmas cards and the twinkle lights? I do. But to be quite real with you, I have been struggling to get into a festive holly jolly mood this year. Work and life have been kicking my butt, which makes me feel like I have been wearing a “Holiday PR Face” for the last couple of weeks. Just going through the motions and the routines… trying to enjoy traditions and not just run right through them! Does anyone else ever feel this way? Is it a sign of my old-er age?
To help me get into the holiday mood, I have asked the 2 cats sponsors what their favorite Christmas traditions are… and boy do they have some awesome ones!
Meet these bloggers: Liz from I Heart Vegetables // J from A Hot Southern Mess // Samantha from It’s All In The Details
So my goal is to get the house in order and my work caught up before Christmas Eve so that I can sit back, relax and enjoy this time of year! However, in the midst of all my work these past couple of weeks, I have really tried to trickle in a few of my favorite Christmas traditions. In case you missed my post early this week, my family did try to pick our “progressive dinner” tradition back up, but with a twist. It was so fun eating a lot and exchanging gifts.
On Tuesday I decided to clock out at 5PM to meet my family for my all-time favorite movie {year round, not just in December} Christmas Vacation! Despite the fact that it was released in the 80s and it was definitely not created in HD, it was playing on the big screen at the fancy-shmancy Cinebistro! I was giddy over having the chance to hang out with the Griswolds on the big screen. I purposefully sat next to my dad so that I could run lines with him. {Yes, practically I have the entire thing memorized… sad right?} I was even rocking my Christmas Vacation t-shirt too!
While we have so many fun family traditions - watching Christmas Vacation {and then spending a month referencing all of the hilarious lines from the movies} has to be, by far, one of my all time favorite things. With that being said, I think I am going to pop a lactose pill and drink a glass of Spiked Egg Nog in my Official Christmas Vacation Moose Mug. Don’t believe me? Be jealous of my uber fandom.
What are your favorite holiday traditions? Are you spending this weekend getting ready for Christmas or are you already partying it up?
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Liz from I Heart Vegetables // J from A Hot Southern Mess // Samantha from It’s All In The Details