Why I Love The Christmas Season

I love the Christmas season!  I can't believe Thanksgiving is already past and before you know it it will be Christmas.  There are so many reasons I like the Christmas season let me name a few:


-Jesus birth.
-Holiday music (Nat King Cole, Bing Crosby).
-Christmas lights. 
-Christmas food. :)
-Spending time with the one's I love.
-Holiday candles (warm cinnamon pumpkin, apple spice).
-Snow (only on Christmas).
-Hearing Christmas music when I enter a store.
-Starbucks in hand while watching the snow fall.
-Christmas carols.
-Sledding.
-The joy on my kids faces when they open presents.


Gets me all excited just thinking about it.  For me, the things on this list make the freezing weather and snow up to your knees bearable.  The only bad thing about all this is that once Christmas is past all these things that I like pretty much come to an end.  This is why I wish there was more time between Thanksgiving and Christmas.  Winter in the midwest lasts a good four months.  What if we had two months between Thanksgiving and Christmas to enjoy all the things on my list?  One month just doesn't cut it.  From December 26th until late March we have to put up with winter.  No lights, holiday music, holiday smells, or Christmas cheer to accompany us along the way.
I know what your thinking "we have God to get us through" but wait, who do you think made the things in my list?  I know a lot of people that hate this time of year.  For some it's very depressing and lonely.  For me it's a season with so many heart warming things.
So if your like me this time of year, make the most of it because it will be gone before you know it.  Feliz Navidad!