It’s Beginning to Look Alot Like Christmas

Yes, I know. Halloween was only two weeks ago, and Thanksgiving is next week. Despite that, I put Christmas lights on our house this past weekend. Do you want to know why? My kids have been begging me to do it since Halloween ended. One of their favorite movies this year is Nightmare Before Christmas (so we know we raised them right so far). They want to move from spooky into the festive season as soon as possible, and you know what? I want them to be happy. Putting lights up outside a week or so early is a straightforward thing I can do to bring them more joy. So I did it. We weren’t the first ones in our neighborhood to put ours up, but we’re also pretty ahead of the curve on it. Will some people judge us? Maybe. But I’d rather my kids be happy and it all be up and done so we can enjoy it just a little longer than usual, especially before the rushing around occurs right before the holidays, which becomes a stressor.