Tis the Season!

OOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH it's Christmas.  :DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD


So, I LOVE Christmas, like crazy love.  I have no idea why, but it gets me all squishy inside and I can't wait.  I love spending time thinking about gifts for people, hand making a lot of them, and taking the time to bake, or cook for those around me that I resent the majority of the year.  It's honestly the only time of year I'm a reasonable person. :P  (That's a direct quote from my boyfriend.. lovely, isn't he?)  I love the cold weather, I love all the holiday colors, and can't wait every year for this time to come around.  I start Christmas the day after Thanksgiving, and always put up my tree on my birthday, December first. 

"Happy, uh... Birthday-Christmas?"

Anyway, so I'm  hosting a cute little Christmas shindig at the house this Saturday, which I'm super excited about.  I'm making all kinds of holiday treats and snacks and we'll have music and games and wine and it will be fun.  Convinced the boyfriend to take off work to come, and my roommate is actually participating!  We're going to do a Yankee swap? I'm not certain what that is, but I was instructed to make 11 ornaments, which I'm almost (not even close to being) done with, so you know.. no stress there or anything.  I could just buy them, I suppose, but I felt like knitting them would be nicer.  Most of my friends don't know what I'm into in terms of that kind of thing; I don't know any other close knitting or crocheting or crafting friends.