Journal Your Christmas, Day 1

Here's the text for today's page: "It’s December 1^st, and we’ve received three holiday missives so far. All of mine are currently out in the mailbox, waiting to be retrieved by the mail carrier. I just could not bring myself to mail them any earlier than today, just like I couldn’t stand to break out any holiday decorations until now, either. Today we’ll be pulling out all of the decorations & going through them, to see which ones to keep and which to donate elsewhere.

This is the second year I’ve created a journal about how I experience the Christmas season. I hope that it will continue to keep me focused on the aspects of the holiday I love: celebrating loved ones, enjoying wintry weather, and the excitement of gift-giving. So many people become crabby and bitter at this time of year. I want to do what I can to balance that out, and without being too sappy, to spread some love into the universe.

So, with that being said, I am going to also get started on spreading some carbohydrate love, and try out the recipe for cranberry pecan tassies. After we sample them (a necessity, don’t you think?), pop them into the freezer for Cookie Day on the 16^th. I’ want to get a good picture of them for my cookie album. . . and with the forecast for snow & ice, I’d better hop to it, before the decent lighting fades altogether! "

The net result for today? (a) no more holiday cards in today's mail (b) all decorations have been unearthed, and will be sorted tomorrow (c) I got out last year's journal & was so happy to see it! (d) the cranberry pecan tassies turned out WONDERFUL (see the post below for the recipe) (e) our pitiful amount of snow has been subsumed under about 1/4" of slushy ice. (f) I've got the first page done in my journal! Whee!!

Oh, and hop over to The Bunny's Bungalow to check out her very generous holiday giveaway. Please do mention that I sent you, if you wander over there!