Pre-Christmas: To Each His Own

In the past few days I have realized that Beau and I have opposite views on when to begin what Christmas festivity. It's not that one of us wants to start celebrating Christmas before the other but that both of us want to kick off their own celebration. However, the other individual views the celebration as premature.

I have some specific examples.

As soon as the calendar hits November I want to blast Christmas music. Beau, on the other hand, thinks Christmas music should be reserved for December 21 - December 25, with a healthy dose of classic rock thrown into the mix.

Over the weekend I bought egg nog and after I announced this to Beau he looked at me like I had died my hair purple and in an elitist tone said, "It's waaaaaay too early for egg nog!"

The man is no Scrooge, however, because he has been itching to put up lights on the house for two weeks. In order to prevent this I've had to practically hide the ladder because I believe the lights should go up the day after Thanksgiving. I have the same thoughts on the tree. He, of course, feels differently. He announced last night that we were putting the tree. I threw a squealing fit appropriate for a two year old but that did not deter him. In fact, the only thing that did was that Mamie (who has never seen a Christmas tree in her short puppy life) decided to dive into the tree's box and chew on the faux branches. Yes, she did this before the tree was even out of the box....we are in big trouble. Because we did not want "The Great Thornton Christmas Tree Massacre of 2010" to occur before Black Friday we decided to hold off and let her get acclimated to the tree in the box.

By the way, she had the same reaction when we showed off the precious stocking we bought her the other night. Apparently she views the stocking in the shape of a fire hydrant as a direct security threat to her home.

Regardless of when we decide to decorate I am thrilled to celebrate our first Christmas in our new house. Many pictures and stories to come!!