Today we bought a tree! And they gave me all the trimmings! The house in now decorated with garlands and sprigs of whatever fir our christmas tree is. The house looks festive and inviting and green. It smells wonderful as well: the scent of an evergreen! I guess i am finally getting in the mood for christmas. It also helps that this weekend has been full of festive parties and performances. Last night for date night, we went to some friends' holiday gathering and this afternoon we went and saw a Christmas show at a mega church in Raleigh (yes, i am sooo biting my tongue about mega churches, the sort of freak me out, but that's another story...). It's nice fun to go out and see decorations and drink fancy drinks and listening to a show that only had one carol and the rest were mainstream christmas songs. It was a great performance, just the non hymn songs weren't my thing. in my opinion, the beauty of old hymns outstrips any secular song by far and I come to church to hear hymn, not michael buble. They to me define not only Christmas, but the entire Christian story- little gospel nutshells set to moving music.
It's nice to have Daniel home, too. Looking forward to all the celebrations in store this year!
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