This Year, I'm Decking My Halls Before I Stuff My Turkey
I have always been one of those people who gets utterly disgusted when I go to the grocery store to buy Halloween candy at the end of October, and my ears get blasted with holiday music and Christmas decor.
I love the three-and-a-half-month-long holiday season. Halloween, Thanksgiving, followed up by Christmas and finally New Years, I enjoy savoring each and every one of them individually.
But this year, I’m making an exception, and breaking my one-holiday-at-a-time rule.
You see, I’m due the second week in January, and ever since I found out I was pregnant, I’ve been mentally preparing by telling myself that I have to make it through Christmas. Right after Christmas, I get to hold my new baby. Motivational thinking at it’s best, right?
Anyway, I have seven weeks left, and that means I’m getting to that uncomfortable and anxious stage in the pregnancy game. I’ve decided I’m going to start celebrating Christmas early this year, in hopes that it will trick my mind into thinking that my due date is really closer than it is. Brilliant, right?
So, I think this week I might bust out the Christmas decor, dig out my favorite Christmas music CDs, and maybe even start thinking about doing some shopping.
Heck, my holiday Etsy shop is already in full Christmas swing (also, it’s not what you think), so I know I’m not the only one thinking about Christmas already.
So that’s the deal. I’m decking the halls before I’m stuffing the turkey. Don’t hate on me, I’ll be back to my normal self next year.
lets hope you don’t have that baby before I do! Love the etsy shop by the way!!
I am definitely into the Christmas spirit sooner than usual this year! I already started to decorate my house and wrap presents. I am overdue now, so I don’t have much time left at all until my little one arrives. I figured that it would probably be much more difficult to decorate and shop for the holidays once she gets here, so I started early!
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Don’t worry I started early too. I have a c-section scheduled for Black Friday (almost here!!) so my husband and I have been working hard to get all of the christmas stuff up and start buying presents so we could be done and not have to worry about it once we come home from the hospital! So our tree is already up, all the decor in the house is done and we are already half way done with present shopping! So I totally understand where you are coming from! Plus Christmas is my FAVORITE holiday by far and I really enjoy doing all this stuff. I just couldn’t see myself enjoying it as much with a 16 month old running around, taking care of a newborn and trying to recover from major surgery!
i am not pregnant…but totally want to decorate early this year! i realized this morning that thanksgiving is already next week and i think i got excited because i realized that i really wouldn’t be TOO crazy if i put up the tree this weekend!! (and i just might!!)
i to have been decorating. i am due dec.15th my friends and family think im nuts but he might be here this week. im glad to see i am not alone and overreacting
Same over here this is the first year where I started Christmas shopping early and didn’t mind seeing all the Christmas stuff out the day after Halloween because just like you I am due January 6th but almost positive he will come Christmas week! Better to get it all done now so I can relax when he arrives! I already have a 3 year old daughter who had a due date of January 8th and ended up being born Christmas Eve!!! You just never know! Good Luck to you….hope you can stay comfortable until your little bundle of joy arrives
All the busyness of the holidays will make it go by a little faster so enjoy it and before you know it the big day will be here! Yay!
Goodness I would do the SAME thing if I were you! Wishing you luck as you are nearing the end!!