Fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la.  (Yes, I counted out the “la”s.)

It’s my favorite holiday of all holidays.  Christmas.  Even just the sound makes me smile.  If it were up to me, I’d have the tree up all year.  Kevin says we have to wait until after Thanksgiving, much like my own father said when I was growing up.  So we celebrate Thanksgiving and give thanks for all of our blessings, then, in a flurry of newspaper and tissue, we unwrap all of the ornaments and plop up that artificial tree and fluff up the branches to make it look more realistic, or at the very least, prettier.  Last year, I hemmed-hawed over the tree for so long that if felt like a whole day production, but this year, that tree snapped up in less than an hour, decorated and all.

And then the marriage of my two favorites, Buckeye football and Christmas time, was performed flawlessly.

May your days be merry and bright!