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I am so excited about the time off. The past four day Thanksgiving weekend allowed me to recharge. I might feel like Superwoman around Christmas since I have almost two weeks off! DH is setting up the fake tree for me on Friday to decorate. Soon our house will have a little holiday cheer.

@Mrs. Sketchbook: I'm sure the cheer will come as you get into the holiday groove and your plans become actions. You never know Christmas may end up being quite chill- well once you get dressed and get to all the places you have to go to. You have quite the event/ task list!

I love it. I have things I want to do but I don't put expectations on it because I think the Christmas spirit just kinda follows along with December and with kids, it makes it even more fun!

Not even a little! I've been trying to pump myself up by putting up some decorations. I'm hoping that helps get me more excited.

I was feeling really down about it with us living with my in-laws and feeling like we have no control over Christmas day at all. But now I am looking at it more as a season rather than a day and am really excited for December with my kids. We are also going to have our Christmas Day a few weeks early when the inlaws are away, cook a Christmas dinner and celebrate then, so the real Christmas day won't bother me as much

My LO is really pumped for the first time this year, and that makes me excited! I'm stressed about $$ and getting everything ready for the baby that's coming right after Christmas, but I am really trying to look at the season with the same merriment and joy that my daughter does.

Not really. We skipped putting our tree up because DS (15 months) would probably knock it down or pull it down on himself, or I would have to put up a baby gate and he would cry to get to it and that seems cruel.

I have a lot of shopping to do for nieces and nephews, which ordinarily I don't mind but I'm just very short on time/chronically behind at work. And it's our year for Christmas at my in laws, which means a horrific travel experience both ways (a 3.5 hour flight, then a short flight on a tiny plane, THEN 3 hours in the car to get there). And we get along "ok" but I know nothing will be babyproofed, my son is going to sleep terribly the whole time we're there, I have to order a bunch of food for him and diapers and stuff because they live so far away from a store (vs. when we go to visit my mom, she has it all ready, which is so nice)... it's just always a stressful experience for me.

I am looking forward to going to church the next 3 Sundays before we leave for Advent to try to get some Christmas season cheer back.

And we live in south Florida so it doesn't feel like Christmas AT ALL!

Sort of. I love the Christmas season and being cozy by the pretty tree with a cup of hot chocolate. And I generally love Christmas Day with my family. But this year I'll be 9 months pregnant on Christmas and my motivation right now to go get a tree, decorate, shop, wrap, etc, is not very high. I'd love it if it were DONE, but the doing it, not so much. I am hoping I'll feel differently once we actually go pick out our tree this weekend.

Also, my MIL pitched a fit when we said we wouldn't be traveling to them for Christmas (because apparently wanting to be near my own care providers and hospital at 37 weeks is "ridiculous") so I somehow ended up offering to host them for a big Christmas Eve dinner. I am kind of dreading doing all the prep, cooking and cleaning. SO that's kind of put a damper on my holiday spirit.