I thought it would be fun to do a checklist for things to get into the holiday spirit... I feel like I like doing it in different steps. I'll tell you guys what I like to do first and... yeah!
1- Starbucks Holiday Flavors! - Check!
2- Watch Some Cartoons That Aren't Christmas Cartoons- Check!
Before the Christmas Season Starts... I like to watch some cartoons! Usually... they have them on ABC Family's Countdown to the 25 Days of Christmas... also ABC Family is called FreeForm now so that's an old title... lol.
This tradition started after coming back from Disney my Senior Year Of High School and then seeing ABC Family had a bunch of great Classic Disney Movies on before the 25 Days of Christmas Started. It was so much fun to combine my love of Christmas with my love of Disney... and Thanksgiving and The Homecoming Dance were in there too. It was fun.
This year I was watching my friend's dog and it was on... so I watched Despicable Me... Which is my favorite movie and Inside Out... which is probably one of my favorites. Probably would have liked to see Aladdin or Tangled or Frozen... but I love Inside Out. I was happy to watch that!
3- Walk Past Santa At The Mall -Check!
If I'm shopping at the mall... or even when I was working- I always really like to make sure to pass Santa and see what the malls have on display! It's just nice. They have like a full workshop at the one at my Macy's.
4- Listen To Christmas Music- Check!
You've seen where Santa is staying at the malls? Good! Now is the time to listen to some Christmas music. I don't go crazy with it... but I like listening to radio stations I know have some Christmas songs in the mix... and I listen to Christmas songs while I clean my room.
Malls and stores usually play some fun Christmas music too... every once and a while they'll have a CD. When I worked at New York and Company- they didn't play the best Christmas music... they had some good ones and some duds... but they did also play New York songs. They have some Sinatra and they had a song from Newsies called "I'm The King of New York" that was really good... if you're not that into Christmas music... maybe something like that would work too! I really like listening to showtunes and watching musicals around the holidays as well.
5- See A Tree Lighting- Check!
Now is the time to see a tree lighting! My friends and I went to Asbury Park's tree lighting... it was fun. It was crowded and they didn't let us inside... and one of my friends missed it because she was in the bathroom... but it was still fun!
If you don't want to see your local tree lighting, there are several on TV. Most Notably: Rockafellar Center... but watch your news stations! They sometimes do smaller ones.
6- Look at a Christmas Bazaar - Check!
This is the other thing we did when we saw the tree lighting. There wasn't actually that much that was Christmasy... but there was free Hot Chocolate! And there was a photo booth... so we had some fun with that!
7- Drink Hot Chocolate! Check!
Yessss! My suggestion is Starbucks Snickerdoodle Hot Chocolate... yummy!
8- Visit Santa Clause- Check!
I just met Santa with my Niece yesterday! It's her first Christmas so it was her first time meeting Santa. We went to Macy's in New York to see it, we made an appointment and walked through the little North Pole display they have there... it was really fun!
9- Watch Charlie Brown Christmas! - Check!
Okay... so my first thing I like to watch to really get me in the Holiday Spirit is to watch A Charlie Brown Christmas Early on in the season because that really shows the best message of what Christmas is all about... and how to keep the Christmas Spirit even if maybe you see all the commercialism and you don't love that about Christmas. It's just a very nice movie to star the season off with and it kind of makes me appreciate other things about the holiday season more.
I also really love watching The Year Without a Santa Clause, Santa Clause is Coming To Town, holiday specials and holiday baking shows or cooking shows pretty early on in the season. Usually just because that's when they happen to be on. Rudolph I've already seen... I don't like Frosty- but that's been on by now too and sometimes I watch it... but I usually don't. Things like Elf can come after these... but these are first and foremost.
10- Buy Others Presents and Give Back
Can't check this off the list just yet... but I love buying presents for my friends and families... and I like to donate whenever I can. Many places offer toy donations, St. Jude Donations in stores... where I worked a few years ago they offered some prizes for getting St. Jude Donations... so we got a Pizza Party from Dominos... and sometimes in Retail... some cold Dominos pizza can really make a stressful day a little bit better. Lol. At my Starbucks they usually have a thing where you can pick out a gift to give to someone in need and it's very sad but sweet to see what some people for... a lot of things like towels and pillows... very sweet. Just give back and give to your family and friends.
Byeee! I Hope you guys like this blogmas and feel a little more in the holiday spirit.
-Shannon
1- Starbucks Holiday Flavors! - Check!
2- Watch Some Cartoons That Aren't Christmas Cartoons- Check!
Before the Christmas Season Starts... I like to watch some cartoons! Usually... they have them on ABC Family's Countdown to the 25 Days of Christmas... also ABC Family is called FreeForm now so that's an old title... lol.
This tradition started after coming back from Disney my Senior Year Of High School and then seeing ABC Family had a bunch of great Classic Disney Movies on before the 25 Days of Christmas Started. It was so much fun to combine my love of Christmas with my love of Disney... and Thanksgiving and The Homecoming Dance were in there too. It was fun.
This year I was watching my friend's dog and it was on... so I watched Despicable Me... Which is my favorite movie and Inside Out... which is probably one of my favorites. Probably would have liked to see Aladdin or Tangled or Frozen... but I love Inside Out. I was happy to watch that!
3- Walk Past Santa At The Mall -Check!
If I'm shopping at the mall... or even when I was working- I always really like to make sure to pass Santa and see what the malls have on display! It's just nice. They have like a full workshop at the one at my Macy's.
4- Listen To Christmas Music- Check!
You've seen where Santa is staying at the malls? Good! Now is the time to listen to some Christmas music. I don't go crazy with it... but I like listening to radio stations I know have some Christmas songs in the mix... and I listen to Christmas songs while I clean my room.
Malls and stores usually play some fun Christmas music too... every once and a while they'll have a CD. When I worked at New York and Company- they didn't play the best Christmas music... they had some good ones and some duds... but they did also play New York songs. They have some Sinatra and they had a song from Newsies called "I'm The King of New York" that was really good... if you're not that into Christmas music... maybe something like that would work too! I really like listening to showtunes and watching musicals around the holidays as well.
5- See A Tree Lighting- Check!
Now is the time to see a tree lighting! My friends and I went to Asbury Park's tree lighting... it was fun. It was crowded and they didn't let us inside... and one of my friends missed it because she was in the bathroom... but it was still fun!
If you don't want to see your local tree lighting, there are several on TV. Most Notably: Rockafellar Center... but watch your news stations! They sometimes do smaller ones.
6- Look at a Christmas Bazaar - Check!
This is the other thing we did when we saw the tree lighting. There wasn't actually that much that was Christmasy... but there was free Hot Chocolate! And there was a photo booth... so we had some fun with that!
7- Drink Hot Chocolate! Check!
Yessss! My suggestion is Starbucks Snickerdoodle Hot Chocolate... yummy!
8- Visit Santa Clause- Check!
I just met Santa with my Niece yesterday! It's her first Christmas so it was her first time meeting Santa. We went to Macy's in New York to see it, we made an appointment and walked through the little North Pole display they have there... it was really fun!
9- Watch Charlie Brown Christmas! - Check!
Okay... so my first thing I like to watch to really get me in the Holiday Spirit is to watch A Charlie Brown Christmas Early on in the season because that really shows the best message of what Christmas is all about... and how to keep the Christmas Spirit even if maybe you see all the commercialism and you don't love that about Christmas. It's just a very nice movie to star the season off with and it kind of makes me appreciate other things about the holiday season more.
I also really love watching The Year Without a Santa Clause, Santa Clause is Coming To Town, holiday specials and holiday baking shows or cooking shows pretty early on in the season. Usually just because that's when they happen to be on. Rudolph I've already seen... I don't like Frosty- but that's been on by now too and sometimes I watch it... but I usually don't. Things like Elf can come after these... but these are first and foremost.
10- Buy Others Presents and Give Back
Can't check this off the list just yet... but I love buying presents for my friends and families... and I like to donate whenever I can. Many places offer toy donations, St. Jude Donations in stores... where I worked a few years ago they offered some prizes for getting St. Jude Donations... so we got a Pizza Party from Dominos... and sometimes in Retail... some cold Dominos pizza can really make a stressful day a little bit better. Lol. At my Starbucks they usually have a thing where you can pick out a gift to give to someone in need and it's very sad but sweet to see what some people for... a lot of things like towels and pillows... very sweet. Just give back and give to your family and friends.
Byeee! I Hope you guys like this blogmas and feel a little more in the holiday spirit.
-Shannon
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