Day 117: I can't help it, I'm sooo ready for Christmas!

I'm in the store today, strolling through the aisle and I realize I'm humming along to the overhead music. Then, I realize it's "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree." And, it's November 9th. Yikes! Almost three weeks from Thanksgiving and already the holiday tunes are out! I stopped at the mall later, and sure enough not only the music was on, but the elaborate displays of trees, snowflakes and fake snow are boldly standing among the stores. Not going to lie though...I'll complain about it with everyone else, that it's much too early, that commercialism is trying to skip Thanksgiving...but, I freaking love it. As soon as I hear the first few bars of "All I Want for Christmas is You" I get a little thrill that starts in my toes and wiggles its way up to my nose. And, for me, it's the sooner the better! I'm actually talking myself out of already pulling out my own decorations. I WILL wait for Thanksgiving weekend...or at least the week before. That way, it's waiting for me when I get back from Rochester. I don't know what it is, there's just a feeling that comes with Christmas that I love, it wraps itself around you and everything looks a little cheerier, a little shinier, a little more hopeful. I would love to extend this for the entire year, but if we made Christmas everyday, it would lose that certain something that makes it special. So, I'll be content to embrace it once a year, but I have no problem starting it a little earlier than December 1st. :)