I used to work retail for many years. Even when I moved up to the corporate offices, many times I was asked to work in the stores on Black Friday or during the Christmas shopping season. That is not a part of my life anymore, and I was so thankful to sleep in this morning.
Today was decorating day, and it was relaxing, calm, and productive. I forced myself to vacuum the house last night after everyone left so I could wake up to a reasonably clean house, well at least there wasn't any food on the floor.
By 9:30 am, everyone was feed, clothed, and had their teeth brushed. Then my husband, pulled all nine Christmas decoration boxes down from the attic. The girls and I decorated the tree with Christmas music in the background and sipping warm apple cider. Then my five year old niece came over, and played with my girls, they had a blast and I finished the rest of the job.
I think it helped that last year I forced myself streamlined our decorations. I have scaled it down to the Christmas tree, the snow village I have collected for years, and the Nativity set. I used cuttings from our red berry Nandina bush to add natural greenery through the house. I also took pictures of how my snow village was set up, so it took the guess work out of that task.
Tomorrow, I will pull out my Christmas list and get busy, but I feel really good about today. I think I just started a new Christmas tradition in our house:
Boycott Black Friday and establish "Decorating Day".
Sounds like a wonderful fun filled day, making memories.
Posted by: Sharon O | 11/26/2011 at 01:34 PM
Decorating Day sounds like a lot more fun than Black Friday!
Posted by: Alida | 11/26/2011 at 02:45 PM
I, too, make this weekend more about prepping for the holiday season rather than Black Friday. I usually decorate on Friday, but ended up spending the day with friends. I stayed the night at the site of my Thanksgiving. We made eggs benedict and finished the yarn wreathes we started the night before. Then, I went to another friend's house to make cookies with her and her mom. Overall, delightful. Today, I am decorating.
Enjoy the rest of the weekend!
Posted by: Jennifer | 11/26/2011 at 04:16 PM
YAY!!! I've just started the decorating. I still have a turkey sitting on my Bakers Rack for fall, it's time for him to go :)
HappyDecorating.
Posted by: kyooty | 11/27/2011 at 03:05 PM
Jennifer,
Sounds like you had a lovely Thnaksgiving. We did too, the entire weekend was filled with great weather, great food, and great family fun. Now, back to reality tomorrow, but Christmas will soon be here!
Peace be with you,
Mary
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Posted by: Mary @ A Simple Twist of Faith | 11/27/2011 at 08:02 PM
Kyooty,
Next year I am going to do a better job with autumn decorating. This year it came out for Thanksgiving, and was taken down the next day.
Peace be with you,
Mary
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Posted by: Mary @ A Simple Twist of Faith | 11/27/2011 at 08:06 PM