My daughter, Kelli, is part elf. She LOVES Christmas and was counting the days until Black Friday not because she is a shopper, but because she decided that Black Friday was the perfect day to begin decorating for Christmas--whether the rest of us baa-hum-buggers like it or not!
It is ironic to me that Kelli wants to begin the Christmas season so early. Her birthday is December 15th, and when I was pregnant with her, whenever people found out her due date they always told me how much Kelli was going to hate having her birthday so close to Christmas. So, I decided to be extra careful about not decorating for Christmas until after her birthday celebration and to make sure we were very purposeful about making a distinction between the two so that Kelli's birthday would always receive proper attention instead of being overshadowed by Christmas.
However, what I have found is that Kelli LOVES having Christmas and her birthday together! She considers herself lucky, lucky, lucky to get to have them together in the same month. So, no worries there--Kelli has a healthy attitude toward Christmas...maybe too healthy!
And so, that is how I found myself at the local RiteAid last week with Kelli searching for a mini-Christmas tree for her room. She thought it would be great fun to have her own personal tree in her room. Of course!
We didn't find her mini-tree there, but we did find something else that I figured would keep us entertained and laughing for awhile. Well, all of us except our cat, Daisy. I found a mini-Christmas hat just her size. I figured for the $1.00 that it cost me, it was well worth it to give it to Daisy. She was not amused, but we sure were! I truly do not know why this cat considers us her family with what we put her through, but it sure is nice that she sticks with us!
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