breathing it in

I'm always excited when December rolls around. It means Christmas is almost here and I LOVE Christmas! I love Christmas baking (the actual baking, but mostly the eating), Christmas family gatherings, Christmas music (hooray for Roger Whitakker's Christmas album!), Christmas decorations, Christmas parties, Christmas stories... I could go on. My favorite though, is the Christmas feeling. I know you know what I'm talking about. The happy-smiley feeling that seems to permeate everything this time of year. There's excitement in the air. There's giving and sharing. There's love in the air. I want to breathe it in and let it fill me up. I love it.