Its Christmas Time!!!

Already, I have watched Elf 4 times...seen those old doll/claymation videos twice, the whole series. I have watched the Christmas story, Charlie Brown Christmas and How the Grinch Stole Christmas...i'm pretty sure i'm gonna watch the polar express soon...haha. I love Christmas, well to be more precise, i like the time right after Halloween-through November to thanksgiving-up right UNTIL Christmas day. All that excitement, anticipation, going to the malls that are decked out in Christmas decorations, watching Christmas movies and once again, putting all of those favorite Christmas songs back on to your ipod. Last night my friend texted me she found the Christmas station on the radio, so i turned to it and i love it!! 96.5, we were texting each other back and forth(Yes while driving...haha)telling each other if we liked this song, or the next song and this and that, it was pretty fun. This whole season brings so much joy and purpose...although lots of people are like "It's not gonna be good because the economy sucks and lots of people are out of jobs, this and that, cant afford gifts and toys...man...how did it ever come to the point that the economy decides whether or not we get to have a Christmas or not. Now, I am a Christian, i'm going to Bible College studying to become a missions pastor but i am not big on those stickers that say "Put Christ back into Christmas"....i think thats just silly...i mean, to the point of having those stickers plastered on my car and basically puffing yourself up saying your religious and whatever...na...but i do hope that this Christmas, people will recognize that there is much more to Christmas than just "stuff" and "material things"...its about family, spending time with your cousins, brothers, sisters, mom and dad, aunts, uncles, sharing time together, time is so precious. I love getting things for Christmas, but you first need to remember what its all about before you can TRULY appreciate it and have a good Christmas. One movie that I am definitely gonna watch before Christmas is the Nativity Story...its the movie about Mary and Joseph and how Mary gets pregnant with baby Jesus, its all about the birth of Jesus and what things Mary and Joseph would have went through back in that day, but its a great movie because it makes everything realistic and really tells the story of how God loved us all soo much he gave us his son, the savior of the world,i honestly almost cried at the end of the movie when he was born...just seeing them in the manger and...i'm not gonna spoil it for you :) it just gives you a better idea what actually happened during that time...its a great movie, you need to watch it!! Well...last year i spent at least $700 on my whole family (Mom, Dad, and 3 brothers...)i guess thats a lot of money, well, some people thought it was...but this year I don't know....i just honestly wanna bless my family with the best I can do, so far i have already gotten my little brother Eric's gift, im buying my Mom's right now online(Mom's are the hardest to shop for) and I think my brothers and I are going in on a big, grand gift for my dad....my other two brothers(Frankie and Andrew) will be pretty easy to buy for...but ya...its Christmas time...the worst part about Christmas is the day after...because there is nothing to really look forward too!!! So ya, there is sooo much to do this Christmas! I wanna find the coolest decorated houses and ice skate and go to the malls and...there is just so much to do and I'm gonna try to blog it all!! Merry Christmas!!!