Fitting Christmas into One Week.
We all know that the holidays tend to fly by. Sometimes, it’s the day after Thanksgiving, and you’re listening to Jingle Bells play while you’re shopping all the decorated stores, and you’re making all these Christmas plans in your head. You’re going to host a fancy Christmas party, go on the best Christmas dates, make handmade Christmas presents, bake all sorts of Christmas cookies and have Christmas movie marathons…it’s going to be the best Christmas season ever.
Then, you go to sleep that night, and wake up the next morning to find that somehow, it’s already the week of Christmas, and you didn’t get to do any of that stuff. And even though Christmas hasn’t come yet, that can make you feel like you missed out on everything that you wanted Christmas to be. But you didn’t! We’ve got one week until Christmas, and while you may not be able to do all of the extravagant plans you had in mind, you can still fit the best parts of Christmas into one week.
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Fitting Christmas into One Week:
Watch Christmas movies. What movie do you know you’re going to regret letting the season pass by without watching? Watch it! If you haven’t watched Elf yet this year, then there’s your answer.
Make your house smell like Christmas. Whether you like your house to smell like a Christmas tree, or Christmas cookies, or candy canes..whatever your favorite Christmas scent is, pick up a candle and make your house smell festive.
Bake something. What screams Christmas to you? Cookies and milk? A certain pie? A cupcake recipe your grandma passed down? Bake it!
Go look at Christmas lights. Just because you may not have gotten around to creating the winter wonderland you had in mind doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy everyone else’s hard work! Grab some hot chocolate and make a date out of looking at all the Christmas decorations around you!
Have your own Christmas party. Sure, it may be a little late for the well-attended, formal holiday party you had in mind. But who cares? Have your own! Whether it’s a family dinner, or drinks with a few friends, or a fancy date with just you and your man. Whether you can go all out and dress up or just meet at a restaurant after work and then watch The Grinch after…if you say it’s a party, it’s a party.
Celebrate Christmas Eve. If you don’t celebrate Christmas Eve already, then you are missing out! Two days of Christmas…come on! Christmas eve is one of my favorite days of the entire year (I may like it even more than Christmas Day!) and it turns a 24 hour celebration into a 48 hour celebration. What’s not to love?
Make your to-do’s merry. This week is probably packed full of things you need to do-not just celebrating Christmas. But just because you have a long to-do list doesn’t mean you can’t celebrate Christmas while checking things off! Sip on a peppermint mocha while you’re finishing up your shopping. Put on a Christmas movie while you wrap gifts. When you get out of a meeting super late, take advantage of the dark and go look at Christmas lights. Don’t let having a lot to do keep you from celebrating this week.
Read the Christmas story. Slow down, grab a hot drink, and read the Christmas story. It’s good to stop and remember what it’s all about.
Do the one thing you do every Christmas. What makes the season special for you? Having Christmas dinner with your family? Going a certain place? Watching a classic movie? Making something? If nothing else, make time to do that one thing that makes Christmas special for you.
How are you celebrating this week?
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We have a holiday party & some christmas movies on the agenda this weekend…so I'm full of christmas spirit! xo, Biana –BlovedBoston
I'm still so baffled that Christmas is a week away. We're going to be soaking in every minute of it this last week lol! Happy Friday chica 🙂
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I am all about Christmas but can't believe it's in a week!! Oh boy!
Going to a Christmas dinner tonight, then visiting a few elderly in the area with Christmas treats and gifts & then coffee in town and home with Christmas movies <3 #perfectweekend
xox Nadia
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My big plan to get fully immersed in Christmas is to take a long drive all around town to look at all the lights and blast Christmas music while I do so. It never fails to make me feel really into the holidays!
Courtney
I haven't watched any Christmas movies yet and that makes me sad! I'm planning to change that over the next week 🙂
We tend to do Xmas stuff from Thanksgiving on, so now we are winding down a bit! The only things left on our bucket are to watch the Polar Express and drive around and look at Xmas lights (and celebrate Xmas itself, of course!)
I almost feel like that happened to me this year! I feel like Thanksgiving was just the other day and now it is Christmas! I have been watching Christmas movies with T though lately and LOVING them!
This is so perfect and I will definitely be cramming some of those things from your list into my weekend! 🙂 Have a great weekend, lady!
THIS! Is exactly how I feel most years, but especially this year! It's like the entire holiday season went by before I could really enjoy very much of it. Going to try and do as many things as possible in this week left 🙂
<3 it! On it! Great list.
Christmas Eve is my favorite day of the year. (Halloween is a close second!) Some years I really, really feel like I totally missed the Christmas cheer train, but this year I'm feeling pretty good. These are excellent ways to get into the Christmas mood!
I love this list! Because seriously…how is it already the week before Christmas?! Why does this time of year fly by?!
We're going around to look at Christmas lights tonight, and I'm a little too excited. Okay, time can hurry up to go ahead and get to tonight 😉
I love this because I actually 100% feel like I'm missing out this year. We haven't decorated yet, and I'm only buying for my little sister, not even for my fiance. I like the idea of putting #2, #4 and #7 together. So now my plan for Xmas Eve is to bake something while watching Elf and throw #3 in there by lighting the perfect candle 🙂
xo
Love this list! I think it's important to fit in the things you want to do and what makes Christmas feel special for you and your family, rather than doing things just because others are. Thanks for sharing!
I love this! Such a great post! 🙂 This year has flown by.. I can't believe Christmas is a week from today! Ahh!
Seriously… where did December go??? I had such good intentions on November 30th!
Excellent ideas! I will definitely be doing at least some of these in the coming week!
This list is so cute! Definitely on my to-do for the holidays:)
I love you, because you're the one person who loves fall and Christmas as much as I do. It's A PASSION. And yet I still haven't managed to do everything I wanted to do, so I'll be all over this list.
I feel like Christmas really snuck up on us this year! It doesn't feel like it's only one week away!
I am SO with you that even though I start thinking about Christmas the day after Thanksgiving, it somehow seems to always sneak up on me. Especially living in Charleston now, it doesn't really feel cold enough to be Christmas!! We are going to look at lights tonight, and I definitely want to bake some cookies this weekend.
Christmas really does sneak up every year! I love this list! We went to look at lights last night, and it was so much fun! 🙂
I love this so much. The holidays have flown by for me and sometimes, I feel like I'm really missing out. However, I will definitely be checking some of these off my list this week to really cheer myself up!
I needed to read these tips today! I feel like Christmas came out of nowhere and I haven't been able to enjoy the season yet because I've been so busy!
Loving this list so much! Time is flying by way too fast, and I want to be able to just stop and enjoy everything so I'm going to bake up a storm this weekend while listening to Christmas music <3
Green Fashionista
Love this! Its so hard sometimes to fit it all in, like you said, and it just flies by so quickly. Its been so warm here, it hasn't even felt like Christmas so I haven't been doing my normal Christmas activities! Next week, this will be my go-to to really gear up for the big man to come down my chimney! xox
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Have a great week before Christmas!! I've already fit a few of those to-dos in!
Confessions of a Frumpy Mommy
I totally plan on getting in some xmas movie marathons in this weekend. I watched Elf already, that movie is a given for me. Love!
This year I feel like I have really embraced Christmas, I've done so many Christmas-y activities. In the past I've felt like I missed out on Christmas and it definitely made me sad. These are great suggestions for embracing Christmas in a week!
This is a great post! Christmas has come up so quickly this year! I feel like I have gotten in some Christmas fun, but I can't believe we have less than a week to go! I have Christmas music on 24/7 and need to catch up on watching my favorite Christmas movies!
Ha, I love this! This is one of the few years that I really feel on top of everything. Organization has helped me try to fit everything in, but that doesn't mean I have suffered some ridiculous amount of anxiety over it all!
I love this because I can totally relate. The time really does go by so quickly, and I feel like I never do all the things I wanted to do! Love the idea of just throwing a casual, impromptu holiday party, I should do that!
Such great ideas to get yourself in the Christmas spirit! If it smells and sounds like Christmas, you're definitely going to be in the spirit! I also love the idea of reading the Christmas story! Such a great idea to take a moment to slow down and enjoy the season!
I so needed this! I've definitely been feeling like I missed the entire season—which is a bummer, since it's my favorite time of year. Thanks for the great ideas!
xoxo
Kat
Love this! It's never too late to celebrate!
Kari
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I'm watching lots of Christmas movies this week, because I haven't watched many this year. I'll be watching next week too. I tend to celebrate into the new year a bit because… why not? I feel like I start late, so I get to celebrate late too. 🙂