Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Can't get enough twinkle lights

Okay, so I love decorating for Christmas. I am the type of person who looks forward to Thanksgiving because it means that as soon as the dishes are washed, you can break out the tinsel and Christmas music. No, not really. I like Thanksgiving for the stuffing too. By the by, we had a great Thanksgiving this year, albeit much smaller than I am used to- just five adults. Joe and Darcee Moon shared their first married T-feast with us, and Marie Gonzalez, who braved sleeping on my couch and even tended to James's nightmares in the middle of the night. She also went red neck with us as we piled three kids and three adults into the cab of a truck and went to get our Christmas tree. It was great fun.
I love Christmas trees- the smell, the nostalgia, the sap on the floor. It's all part of the experience. One of my favorite things to do, once the tree is lit, is to wake up early when it is still dark, and drink my coffee and read my bible with just the Christmas lights on and my favorite Christmas cd in the background.
The older I get the more I appreciate the lights of Christmas- James is a huge fan of Christmas lights- always shouting out when he sees even the smallest pathetic string of bulbs on a bush, and it reminds me why we should put up lights in this dark season. It is such a lovely picture of Christ coming into a dark world. We light a lot of candles too.
It adds to the joy to have my children start to get excited about this wonderful season and begin to understand the reason for it. So can you tell I like Christmas? Have a merry one everyone.

Here's a few pics of my twinkle lights.




7 comments:

Jonesey said...

Aww, it looks so fun. I laughed out loud at the phrase "went redneck with us".

Say, what is your favorite Christmas CD, anyway? I have a Robert Shaw Singers CD I really love.

Nicole Lewin said...

Christina
My favorite, soothing, lovely carols cd is called Nativitas- produced by the choir of New College, Oxford

My favorite fun Christmas music is A Harry Connick Christmas.

Moriah @ Please Pass the Salt said...

Where on earth did you put your couch?!

Erika said...

Love it. WE haven't had time to get our stuff up or get a tree! But I think we can squeeze it in tomorrow. I'm soo ready!
P.S. you need to teach James to "OOh, Aww, EEee" at all the lights. Driving around the decorated neighborhoods and all. Great fun.

Leanne said...

Love your Decorations. Christmas has never been my favorite holiday(maybe as a young child it was), but now having kids I get excited for the season. Levin is much more into it this year.

Unknown said...

Glad you guys had a good Thanksgiving and your decorating is lovely - hooray for Christmas!

Marie said...

Nice tree dude. Hey I put some Tgiving pictures of us up on my blog just now...you should check em out.