I’m sure that there are many of you out there that share my holiday blues after Christmas, even though New Years Eve is just right around the corner. It’s completely reasonable to understand why this sensation would occur; you spend months shopping and finding the perfect present, and then hours wrapping presents, baking cookies, sending Christmas cards– your life is fulfilled with the Christmas spirit! And then…in the span of a day or so, it’s all over. The decorations come down, the once uplifted spirit of sales clerks reduce back down to the norm, and the Christmas music, movies, and baking is over. To some people– this is a relief from the madness and holiday stress, but to others it brings a bit of sadness that it’s all over. This is the period of time when many people book cruises and vacations to have something to look forward to and escape the blues, but if you’re like me and lack the finances to be able to do so…here are some tips that help me during this time and may even help you snap outta the blah’s! —Read more…

Christmas is over and with the end of the festive holiday comes the abrupt finish to the local radio stations playing non-stop holiday music and then eventually, the Christmas lights come down and everything seems to go back to normal. I typically get a case of the “blah’s” after Christmas, but it was such a good experience this year that I’m left with happy memories, lots of pictures, and my tummy is still full from overeating. I’ve decided that I’m going to salvage the Christmas spirit that I have left inside and do a blog dedicated to a special Christmas Tradition that takes place in my family with the hope that maybe you will share some of your favorite holiday traditions with me in return! Our tradition began about three or four years ago and began after my cousin was assigned a school paper that talks about the different traditions his family does during Christmas. The sad realization is that he had to lie about traditions because our family really didn’t have anything special that we did other than open presents and eat lots of food. Though he did fine on the project, our family decided that it may be time for us to come up with a special tradition. —Read more…

I have a very love/hate relationship with Christmas music. After December 1st, I begin to listen to it even though the radio stations will start to play it in the beginning of November. If I started to listen to it at the beginning of November, I would be pulling out my hair and going mad by the time Christmas came around, so…I play it safe and make sure to start at an appropriate time. Secondly, if Christmas music is bad and it’s overplayed, it can put me in a sour mood and let me tell you, there isn’t a lot of Christmas-related stuff that can do that! I began my Christmas music blog by listing out all of my favorite Christmas songs which soon reminded me of all of my least favorite Christmas songs and unfortunately…this list far outweighed the favorites. —Read more…