Every year I get the itch for Christmas earlier than most people deem normal. My friends will scoff at me and say, "HA, Really, Anna?...You can't listen to that song yet!" (Well, most of my friends, my old roommate was right there with me listening to Mariah Carey o
n full blast in our room when the leaves were still changing colors.)
I usually wait til Thanksgiving before I bust out my Christmas playlist on Itunes. But Mariah Carey's "All I Want For Christmas is You"...I could listen to that any day of the year. It just puts me in such a good mood. I don't know why. Or when this started. Maybe college...maybe it's my roommate Courtney's fault...But I've already started listening to it at least 5 times daily during the work week. It puts me in a happy mood.
I love the people who think I'm nuts for getting excited about Christmas so early though. It's like they're trying to rebel against the grocery stores and malls that have wreaths and candy canes out before Halloween. I always thought that part was ridiculous, too, but that's a little different than my "condition." And some people like to be prepared early...My grandma used to have her Christmas shopping done before Thanksgiving. So maybe the stores are just being considerate to those early birds.
I decided to play Mariah a couple weeks ago. I felt it was time, by my standards. So I put it on YouTube and it gave me this sudden urge for it to be winter. Hot chocolate, apple cider, fires and snowy days inside, warm coats, scarves, family visits, lights and decorations. Before that I was still kind of holding on to the lasts of summer. Trying to make the most of the last few 80-degree days.
I love the changing seasons in this area, and that's one reason I think moving to California would be a difficult thing to do. But I sometimes also have trouble with change, even when it's just the seasons. I like to linger in the last days at the pool, the last snow of the year, the leaves still on the trees before we have to rake them all up and the trees turn bare. So I guess Mariah is my catalyst into acceptance of the winter season...be it socially unacceptably early or not.
n full blast in our room when the leaves were still changing colors.)I usually wait til Thanksgiving before I bust out my Christmas playlist on Itunes. But Mariah Carey's "All I Want For Christmas is You"...I could listen to that any day of the year. It just puts me in such a good mood. I don't know why. Or when this started. Maybe college...maybe it's my roommate Courtney's fault...But I've already started listening to it at least 5 times daily during the work week. It puts me in a happy mood.
I love the people who think I'm nuts for getting excited about Christmas so early though. It's like they're trying to rebel against the grocery stores and malls that have wreaths and candy canes out before Halloween. I always thought that part was ridiculous, too, but that's a little different than my "condition." And some people like to be prepared early...My grandma used to have her Christmas shopping done before Thanksgiving. So maybe the stores are just being considerate to those early birds.
I decided to play Mariah a couple weeks ago. I felt it was time, by my standards. So I put it on YouTube and it gave me this sudden urge for it to be winter. Hot chocolate, apple cider, fires and snowy days inside, warm coats, scarves, family visits, lights and decorations. Before that I was still kind of holding on to the lasts of summer. Trying to make the most of the last few 80-degree days.
I love the changing seasons in this area, and that's one reason I think moving to California would be a difficult thing to do. But I sometimes also have trouble with change, even when it's just the seasons. I like to linger in the last days at the pool, the last snow of the year, the leaves still on the trees before we have to rake them all up and the trees turn bare. So I guess Mariah is my catalyst into acceptance of the winter season...be it socially unacceptably early or not.
Well, after yesterday's ring tone incident, I think the office knows you're ready for Christmas now. Of course, mid-November is more socially acceptable...it's almost Thanksgiving, after all.
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