Sunday, November 23, 2008

T'was the week before Thanksgiving . . .

and all through the house . . . the stockings were hung by the chimney with care.  Okay, so I did something I've never done before - I put up Christmas decorations BEFORE Thanksgiving.  It started innocently enough - I started to listen to Christmas music a few weeks ago, then Ken started talking about the artificial tree we bought after Christmas last year (for only $3), and before I knew it, the tree was out of the box, fluffed, lit, and decorated.  Well, you can't have a tree without the rest of the decorations - so out came the boxes, and well, the rest is history.  


However, just because we have the Christmas decorations up, does not mean we are skipping over Thanksgiving;  we have much to be thankful for:  a home, a job, an opportunity for education, our family and friends, the Gospel of Jesus Christ, health, food - I could go on and on, but you get the idea.    Happy Thanksgiving to all, and to all, a good night.

3 comments:

Kristin and Alyssa said...

LOVE IT!!! We've got a few out ourselves. There's lights have started going up all over the neighborhood...

The Barb Chronicles said...

If David wouldn't shoot down the idea every year I would set up Christmas in September :-) Did you guys stick around for the holidays?

Sarah said...

I never realized you were one of those crazy people that starts celebrating Christmas before Thanksgiving. :)

Thanks for inviting me to your blog. We should stay in touch! I just started a blog for our family.

Please email me your address so I can send you a Christmas card.