
Greetings Christmas enthusiasts! Recently Amy posted on her other blog,
I Then Shall Live, asking if anyone would be interested in contributing to the Christmas blog this year - and well, I just couldn't pass that up. My name is Callie, and I'll be contributing to Be Jolly By Golly this Christmas season! Yep, that lovely picture is me wearing the tree skirt last year. I'm really excited, because I've never done anything like this before, and it sounds like so much fun.
I think Amy has some great Christmas ideas that she posts on this blog, and it blows me away how organized she is when it comes to Christmas. Maybe it impresses me so much because I am not so organized. Have you seen her posts on that Christmas planner? It's craziness, I tell you.
To be honest, my sister usually gets in the Christmas spirit before I do. She listens to Christmas music in July. But she must be rubbing off on me, because I caught the Christmas bug early this year. Well, early for me. The end of October is early.
But I am ready to go, I can tell you! Even though I have no shopping done (except for my sister and sister-in-law, but that's only because I had to take advantage of a great deal), and no plan to get it done.
My Christmas shopping style is pretty laid back. I may start mulling over ideas for Christmas as early as the end of October, but it's just a vague shadow of an idea at that point.
If it's about the middle of November and I'm doing my own grocery or leisure shopping, and I see something that might work for a Christmas gift, then I'll buy it.
As Christmas approaches I begin to realize that I better go out there and actually find some stuff to buy. At that point I track down my sister or mother or husband and get them to go shopping with me (even though my sister usually has hers done already, my mom is pretty far along in her shopping as well, and my husband just isn't a fan of shopping at all).
But I get all the shopping done before Christmas, and that's what's important, right?
Now, Amy, she is much more organized than that, as I am sure that you can tell if you've read this blog previously at all. She reminds me of my sister alot.
It should be interesting having two such dissimilar Christmas styles in one blog this year, don't you think?
So what's your Christmas shopping style?