The Most Wonderful Tme of the Year

Yes I know that technically Christmas is 30 days away, but for me the holiday has started. That is if you include thinking about who you will or won't send cards to, who you will buy gifts for and what fabulous, memorable, one of a kind token you can get for $9.99 or less. Not to mention the baking, the scorching, the wrapping and where in the heck is the double sided tape? The tree has to be purchased, secured, decorated AND go up by the 9th of December and so does my anxiety. The tree does create a fun diversion for the pets- Trudy likes to lay on the tree skirt and nibble the hand sewn bits and Oliver likes to attempt leaping from the floor to bat the $45.00 Christopher Radko ornament from its drying branch. Let's face it, Christmas is a lot of work. There is really nothing relaxing about it. Sure, I like the receiving part, and the giving part is nice too. But did I mention the returns? Ho, ho, ho.