5 facts about me and (Christmas)

1. I love Christmas Trees.  All decorated and lit up.  I could walk around and look at trees for hours.

2. If you've ever sent me a Christmas card, especially one with a photo, chances are that I still have it.  I keep them filed away, sorted by year and look at them at the start of each season.

3. I hate shopping for gifts, but I love wrapping them.  Nothing makes me happier than giving someone a perfectly wrapped present.  Even if the recipient doesn't notice the time and effort I put into it.

4. I love Christmas Carols. 

5.  I also like to drive around neighborhoods and look at Christmas lights.

Christmas is right around the corner!!  Is anyone else still as ill-prepared as I am?  I have a couple of gifts that should be coming in the mail today.  I need to get my neice, my brother and my dad and a few more things for Jason (time permitting).  And I need to finish food shopping!  There just aren't enough hours in the day...

I also like Christmas Penguins.  And Pink Trees.

(stuff) those stockings

Christmas is literally just around the corner.  I am not nearly finished shopping.  But, in case you are and just need a few small things to put in that special someone's stocking, here are a few ideas I know I wouldn't mined opening up my stocking to find...

Boots brand hand cream.  Vintage feel metal tube with a soft lavender scent.  Super moisturizing but not at all greasy.  $6.99 at Target.

Say Yes to Cucumbers Facial Towlettes.  Perfect for freshening up during the day and PERFECT for traveling.  $5.99 at Target.  Also comes in a smaller travel size.

Burt's Bees Tinted Lip Balm in Honey Suckle.  A touch of color.  Ton of moisture.  $7.49 most drugstores/grocery stores.

Butter of London or Spehora by OPI nail color.  All super trendy colors right now.  Butter colors are $14.50 each and can be found at ULTA Sepora colors are $9 each and can be found at Sephora.

I hope everyone is a little more prepared than I am with Christmas.  I will be running around like a crazy person tonight food shopping for Christmas Eve dinner and attempting to finish my Christmas shopping.  Is it over yet?

Christmas (Freak)

I love Christmas.  A self proclaimed Christmas freak.  And I happen to live in the town where America's first Christmas Tree ever lived.

I am fairly certain that the actual tree that is here now isn't the actual first trree ever.  It's a descendant.  Otherwise, it would be enormous.  And the tree on display is not big at all.  The one in Rockefellar plaza is much, much bigger.

It's still cool to look at and is pretty at night when it's lit up.  You can go and put your own ornaments on it if you want.  They keep it lit all year long.  The tree lives in a cute little park that overlooks where the Lehigh River and the Delaware River meet.  Luckily, it was not flooded the day I was there.

You can also see New Jersey from there.  Standing in Pennsylvania and laughing at how much higher their property taxes are just on the other side of the river :)