What better time to start a blog about finding happiness in cozy places than at Christmas?! Christmas is, by far, the coziest time of year! Am I right?! Some people are so wrapped up in the stress revolving around this time of year that they don’t step back to enjoy the best parts of it. I’m the other kind of person that throws myself so deeply in the coziness of this time of year that I start stressing and fearing it being over. I worry about going back to a boring, Christmas magic-free life. But for now, I will stay in the cozy, happy mindset that is Christmas for me.
The Christmas feeling starts for me a few days before Thanksgiving. It’s a pre-christmas if you will. It’s practice for the main event at the end of the year. My husband won’t let me decorate our house before Christmas (Scrooge) but it’s Christmas in my heart long before I start decorating. It’s been a family 
tradition to go to the mountains and chop our own tree down, in a permitted area of course. We typically do this the weekend after thanksgiving and then the fun REALLY starts. This year I decked out our house in white lights and garland and man-o-man does it get my happy juices flowing. The warm white lights match the flicker of candles throughout the house. The fireplace and the tree lights make the ornaments glitter and sparkle throughout the tree. Isn’t reading about it just making you get the warm fuzzies?! It’s making me think about ditching this blog post to go lie in my living room. Just kidding… but seriously. I grew up in a house that was always colorful and bright for Christmas. The tree lights were vibrant colors and the ornaments were a modge podge of childhood school projects and hand-me-down ornaments from family members. It was the perfect family tree and truly kicked off my love of Christmas. The décor in my own home is quite a bit different with metallic accents and hardly a bright color in sight but it still takes me back to the magic I felt every year at Christmas as a kid.
What makes you feel the magic at Christmas?
Erin