curiousillusion

Okay, no it’s not the season… well, the season of Autumn, I suppose, but that’s not what I have in my mind.  Thanks to all the stores putting out their decorations early, I am now in the holiday season mindset.  I can’t seem to shake it.  Plus the weather has been unseasonably cool and today it was a bit breezy, chilly and the sky was gray, like someone threw a blanket over the city – felt like winter.

Now don’t get me wrong, I am well aware that winter is 3 months away.  Halloween is the closest event, but I consider Halloween kinda lame.  I mean, I like the decorations – black cats, pumpkins, all that jazz… but it’s not like I can put any of it up at school.  We can’t really bring up Halloween in the classroom, and anything Halloween-related is not allowed.  But, like I said, I’m not that into Halloween so it’s okay… although it’s my dad’s birthday so I’m sure he wouldn’t like to hear that.

After that we have Thanksgiving.  Eh.  Now, I *am* thankful for the 3 days off of work I’m granted, although last year at my old school we received the full week off and that was much better.  My mom *does* make a delicious meal: turkey, roast potatoes, cranberry sauce, sweet potato pie… mmmmm.  But other than that, the decorations aren’t that great and I’m just ready for the main event.

The main event being, of course, Christmas.  I love Christmas, everything about it. I own nearly every Christmas-related DVD, from Rudolph to Frosty to The Polar Express, and have always enjoyed watching them in class with my students (hopefully this year I’ll be allowed to do the same).  I love reading the books, I’ve collected quite a variety and they’re so much fun to read.  I love the music and I like to play different Christmas songs while the kids are working, or even while I’m driving… with my favorite being, of course, the soundtrack to “A Charlie Brown Christmas”.  I love the decorations around the city:  Christmas lights everywhere, wreaths and tinsel.  Plus Christmas just opens itself up to the cutest arts & crafts projects to do with my students, and my classroom always ends up festively decorated.  Oh and the 2 weeks of vacation time that I get always makes me happy.  But my favorite part of Christmas is digging through my Christmas box… my giant storage tub filled with decorations that I’ve collected over the years.  Unwrapping everything is a real treat, as I always forget what I’ve collected, and I love going through it all – the candle holders shaped like snowmen, the snow globes, the ornaments.  I always decorate the day after Thanksgiving and take everything down New Year’s Eve.  My apartment has always been adorably festive… and right now I’m a bit sad that my stuff is in storage.  This year won’t be the same.   But it’s still Christmas.  Still so many possibilities.

So that’s where my head is these days… looking forward 3 months (as of tomorrow, 3 months to the day) to Christmas.  I have a long way to go.  But knowing the shops, it won’t be long before Christmas music starts up.  And I just can’t wait!

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