Christmas.
It’s almost here.
I have been ready for Christmas since early October. When we returned from fall break I wanted to put our Christmas decorations up (Maggie, Sarah, and Christine thought I was crazy, and the decorations are currently being stored in my closet). The first weekend in November I purchased a box of Little Debbie Christmas tree snack cakes. Yesterday I found myself pleading with my sister to send me a box of Christmas baked goods.
Christmas is by far my favorite holiday, but this year it takes on a whole new meaning. Christmas is synonymous with family, love, home. Being away from home for the first time I find myself longing for Christmas to arrive because I will be home to the people I love. I will be missing so many important family traditions, but at the same time I will be creating new traditions with the people who in such a short time have become my new family.
With Thanksgiving so near you may wonder why I seem to be completely overlooking it. I have been trying so hard to make it to the Friday after Thanksgiving to start blogging, but I just can’t. I need to feel Christmas now. I may need Christmas now so that I can deal with all the stress of my impending papers, presentations, and finals. Maybe my aversion to Thanksgiving this year is because I am not going home. Either way Christmas is starting for me right now, this very moment.
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