Christmas and Thanksgiving

Once November hits Christmas comes faster I feel. Once Thanksgiving happens then not to long after that does Christmas come. The day after Thanksgiving is Black Friday and that’s the day everyone goes crazy for the great deals. That’s when parents start to get their Christmas shopping done. Then your kids have to start thinking about what they want.

After Thanksgiving Christmas seems to come quicker because this is the time when stores decide to start decorating for the holidays and they start to put on Christmas music. The radio stations also start to play Christmas music.

People also then decide to put up all of their decorations for Christmas. They seem to go out and get Christmas trees too! In my opinion it is a little early to get a real Christmas tree because if you don’t water it every day and it starts to die then by time Christmas actually comes around then your tree will be dead and all the needles will be off of the tree and on the floor.

But if you have a fake Christmas tree then it is alright because then you don’t have to worry about all the needles falling off and having to water it every day. You can also be lazy and get the pre lite trees so you only have to put your ornaments on the tree.

Some people have traditions for Christmas and start them right after thanksgiving. Like my family has a tradition where all the girls who are about eighteen and up get together and have a party. We all buy a unique different or pretty ornament and we play a dice game and win one ornament. We each also buy five gifts that are under a certain amount of money. They can be silly or they can be just whatever you want. We also play a dice game to win these gifts also. Of course there are appetizers and what not. It all is a bunch of fun and amazing being able to have fun and get together with family and friends.

 We also pick names at Thanksgiving where each of the family members put their name in a hat or bowl and each of us pick names. This year we did it where kids are also in the adult groups so the kids can get and adult and an adult can get a kid. Whereas I picked my grandpas name. Now I have no idea what to get him but I guess that is the fun of it?

These two holidays just make the season go a lot more faster and makes the winter go by fast. Christmas is also my favorite holiday because I love driving around and looking at all of the Christmas decorations. I also try and find things to do and places to go to see Christmas decorations. I also love all of the movies and shows on television, I have become to love the movies and sitting there watching them while drinking hot chocolate.