ROTFL See, Allie, even you can get a Christmas avatar early.
I love Christmas because winter is my favorite season. I fucking love snow! Last year's Christmas made up for 2003-2006, which were all snow-free Christmases. Last year, at my grandparents' house in New Hampshire, we got a foot and a half of snow!!!! It was wonderful, and my cousins (age range 9-13) all were ecstatic, which makes me happy, because I rarely get to see them, so it's good to see them happy. I hope that we get snow again this year, hopefully somewhere in the range of what we had last year. That would make me extremely happy.
Christmas is also a great time for me because my mom makes amazing Christmas cookies! We have had a number of family recipes that we make every year, dating back to when I was a kid, and it helps bring my mom, my sister and I together as a family.
As for all of you who have stated that you do your shopping last minute and/or you hate rushing through the stores, do what I do and
shop online. Trust me when I say that shopping online saves you 99% of the hassle and aggravation that you might normally experience during the holidays. It also potentially saves you money. I managed to buy Christmas presents inline for three people before Thanksgiving, and when I looked at the prices of those items in store catalogs after Thanksgiving, they were all higher than what I paid online at Amazon and other online stores. Sure, the stores may hold Christmas sales, but they also cleverly mask price increases in those sales. Take my advice and shop online. Shipping may make things a little pricey, but wouldn't you rather be able to purchase your desired gifts from the comfort of your own home, as opposed to rushing around to six different stores because the first five are all sold out of that item?
It's the moooooooooooooost wonderful tiiiiiiiiiiiiime, of the yeeeeeeeeeeeear............
