Christmas Time is Here

Merrrrrrrryyyy Christmas!!!

Well, almost. How about Happy Advent?

All I know is that I am particularly in the Christmas spirit tonight.  I've got the Countdown to 25 Days of Christmas on ABC Family playing, a Christmas wreath made with real fir tree branches (courtesy of Home Depot) hanging on my door, wafting me with that sweet sweet smell every time I walk by, Christmas lights all over the place, candy canes, lalala.

I just got back from the best vacation ever, which I completely blame for my giddy, Elf-esque mood lately. I walk into the hotel on Tuesday night and am greeted by this:

It's a giant gingerbread pirate ship. Made with real gingerbread. And it suh-melled like the North Pole.

Then there was this:

So I'm prancing about the lobby in time to the Christmas carols playing, with my family inching their way away, grinning to placate me. God love 'em.

I got to see this on Thanksgiving morning:

I almost cried when we had to leave.

But now.......

I have so much to do. Christmas spirit time!!!!!

That means this and these and some of these and so much more.

I AM SO EXCITED.

And there's the whole finals thing....

Nope. I'm gonna make some snowflakes.