Let’s get right to it….
Christmas cards from friends and family
I love coming home to a mailbox full of Christmas pictures! Matt and I send out a picture of Hawk. Nothing screams we need to have children quite like this…
Hot chocolate with candy canes
Williams-Sonoma make these candy canes dipped in chocolate than you put into your hot chocolate. Delicious!
Cookies
I eat cookies year round but somehow they taste better at Christmas. My absolute favorite are white chocolate macadamia followed very closely by chocolate chip.
O Holy Night
Hands down my favorite Christmas song. I have no idea why…maybe because it’s so dramatic? Least favorite? All I Want For Christmas Is You (or anything by Mariah Carey) and Santa Baby. Ugh.
Christmas ornaments
Matt and I exchange ornaments every year. We started this tradition our first year of dating so we have quite the collection by now. I love searching for something new and different each year. Matt’s ornament for me last year pretty much rocked.
Time off work
I have the week “off” between Christmas and New Years. My company “shuts down” but makes us hold onto 4 vacation days so we can use them during the “shut down”. So it’s pretty much forced vacation. I’d prefer to work and use those 4 days over the summer but time off is time off and I won’t be working which makes me happy.
What are some of your holiday favorites? Fave Christmas song? Least favorite? Fave cookie? Share ’em!