{"id":13364,"date":"2020-10-25T23:36:44","date_gmt":"2020-10-26T05:36:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/?p=13364"},"modified":"2020-10-25T23:39:05","modified_gmt":"2020-10-26T05:39:05","slug":"its-been-a-scary-halloween-all-year-so-i-decided-im-jumping-to-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/its-been-a-scary-halloween-all-year-so-i-decided-im-jumping-to-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s Been A Scary Halloween All Year So I Decided I\u2019m Jumping To Christmas!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This entire year has already felt like one big scary Halloween movie so I decided I\u2019m jumping to Christmas!&nbsp; Yesterday I put on Mariah Carey\u2019s Christmas album and sang my lungs out in the shower and my spirits immediately began lifting\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By afternoon I had my husband hauling in boxes of Christmas decorations from the attic so I could get started on putting Christmas decorations up.&nbsp; I began with the Christmas tree since that takes me the longest and I am happy to report it is set in the stand and ready for ornaments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When my grandkids came over last night we all danced around as we sang Santa Claus Is Coming To Town. Then we looked through Disney\u2019s website together to start making their wish list of what they are hoping to get from their Grannie-Claus \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My daughter and her husband came over after church today so we could all watch the very first Hallmark Christmas Movie of the 2020 season together.&nbsp; Watching Hallmark Christmas movies with my daughter is a tradition she and I\u2019ve had ever since she was a little girl and its one of my very favorites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have to tell you, I\u2019m so happy I decided to jump to Christmas instead of waiting.&nbsp; There is such a feeling of joy the Christmas Spirit brings into a home.&nbsp; And right now we could all use a little more joy in our lives, so bust out your decorations and light up your trees! Then pour a cup of hot cocoa and put tons of whipped cream on top because it\u2019s beginning to look a lot like Christmas\u2026YAY!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_3685-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_3685-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_3685-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_3685-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_3685-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_3685-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>~Amy Rees Anderson (author of the book \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/What-Awesome-Looks-Like-Business\/dp\/1946633763\">What Awesome Looks Like: How To Excel in Business &amp; Life<\/a>\u201d ) <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This entire year has already felt like one big scary Halloween movie so I decided I\u2019m jumping to Christmas!&nbsp; Yesterday I put on Mariah Carey\u2019s Christmas album and sang my lungs out in the shower and my spirits immediately began lifting\u2026. 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