I LOVE Christmas...every part of it!

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Jenifer
Proud wife to one amazing man
Proud mom to four awesome kids

Fall is my favorite season!
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him and He will make your path straight." Proverbs 3:5-6

I also love everything about this time of year. The only thing I really don't like is having to wait in the huge long lines. But if I prepare myself before I go out, that helps some. I love all of the people, the music, the wonderful smells and the Christmas spirit!!!

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Loving wife to Matthew 6/26/04
SAHM to Jacob Matthew 4/19/03 & Evelyn Grace 2/15/06
Baby #3 due 3/14/09

I do 95% of my shopping throughout the year, especially during the Fall but then go back to the malls to watch everyone else. I hate the line ups and crowds, but enjoy walking around and feeling festive.
Now that we have DS, we stand and wait for Santa and that's fun. Add a hot chocolate and maybe a last minute purchase or two and that works for me.

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I try to have as much of my shopping done as I possible can before Thanksgiving. I love Christmas, and will venture out a few times between Thanksgiving and Christmas, to pick up last minute things like batteries, stocking stuffers, etc. I can deal with the crowds, and the long lines, it's the rude people that grate on my last nerve. And you know, it only takes one rude person to ruin a good Christmas vibe!! We usually take the kids out to look at Christmas lights the weekend before Christmas, usually on our way home from my parents house, after we've had Christmas with them.

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~*~ Angie~*~
Wife to Brian
SAHM to Sarah & Andy 2/11/2000

I love it too.. It's just not as fun when you're flat out broke. LOL and when you have a toddler in tow. If I had more money and a babysitter, I would definitely be out shopping and enjoying myself in the festive chaos. I want to start a Christmas club for next year. Heck, if I start saving now, I'll have enough money to hire me a babysitter so I can go spend the rest!

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I do not like the stress or the rushed feeling of shopping for Christmas. Usually, I am done by Thanksgiving with the exception of maybe the gift card gifts (that's easy)!
Anyway, I love the Christmas atmosphere, decorations, music in the malls, etc. and I really enjoy sitting down in the center of the mall watching everyone else go crazy while I sit there, people watch, have my coffee in a relaxing chair while knowing I can go home to no stress and cuddle up by the fire and wait for the holiday and festivities.

I love the crazyness of the Xmas shopping but this year I'm doing online stuff! Finding a sitter for the 3 kiddies is hard and sometimes I just do not feel like dealing with the crowds. But I do start to feel like I'm missing something by not being out there during the busy time. Who knows what this year will bring!!!

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I love Black Friday!!! Me and a couple of friends all go, run to different departments in each store to get what we want, run to the next store. When we are all done, we do breakfast somewhere. It's just fun. There are people everywhere, can't even move sometimes, but that's the fun of it. It's a tradition that I don't ever want to miss. Even if there isn't anything out there that I HAVE to have, I still go, just for the fun of it. You are not weird, or maybe a lot of us are!

I love Christmas too! I don't really feel a 'craziness' about it, because I don't put myself in places where it is crazy...like shopping on the 24th or something like that. I love snow, going to church when it's dark out, doing our family traditions etc