Month: December 2016

Holiday Bucket List

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Hi everyone! Every year, there are certain things I feel the need to do to make the most out of my Holiday season. Some things I do no matter what ie. finish Christmas shopping and others ie. Build a snowman can be thrown under the rug with the hustle and bustle of the Holiday season. I figured I would make a list of Holiday things to do in the hopes I get all of them done, let’s see.

  1. Finish Christmas Shopping (I have two more gifts to buy.. One for the hardest person to shop for ever and the other for my dog)
  2. See the Christmas trees at the Museum of Science and Industry: We used to do this almost every year but haven’t in a while and it is such a cool thing. You get to experience Christmases from all over the world
  3. Visit the Christkindlmarket: Like the Christmas market in Germany… but in the United States and not nearly as big… just as cool and still with the gross hot wine
  4. Drive around and look at Christmas decorations: There is one road I drive on a lot that millionaires (owner of Portillos) live on and they have the most extravagant Christmas displays. Such a beautiful thing to marvel at.
  5. See the Macy’s tree and windows: I know so many people go to Macy’s in the winter to admire the Christmas windows and the Christmas tree in the nutcracker room but I have never done this and have always wanted to.
  6. Go to Wisconsin for the weekend
  7. Put up the Christmas tree
  8. Have a Christmas movie night: Including but not limited to: Fred Claus, Elf, Home Alone, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Santa Claus is Coming to Town
  9. Go sledding
  10. Read some good books with some wintery drinks: I have been slacking with reading and just need a cozy environment and some hot chocolate to get back into the groove of things
  11. See all of my friends while they are home on break
  12. Dress up on Christmas: You’re typically lucky to get me in jeans on any given holiday
  13. Do a winter photo shoot: Going to city with super cute clothes, snow, and holiday lights… what else should I be doing?
  14. Try to take a family photo… key word is try: My sister hates smiling, my mom can’t open her eyes and I give my dad the side-eye every time he tries to be funny… 100 attempts and still nothing worthy of sending to our 100 closest friends.
  15. Shovel some now: It’s good exercise and it’ll be nice if I do it so my dad doesn’t have to wake up early to shovel every morning
  16. Build a snowman
  17. Eat a candy cane: I used to eat them all the time but I haven’t had one in a while and I feel like the holidays can’t start until I have sharpened my candy cane to a weapon a mouth destruction
  18. Make Christmas cookies: Vegan ones of course 😉
  19. Build a gingerbread house: They are super fun to make but I always ended throwing mine away because… I hate ginger.
  20. Remember the reason for the season

That’s my quick Christmas Bucket List, what’s yours?

Alicia

The Christmas Tag!

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Hi everyone, I figured I would start Blogmas off pretty simple and do a tag! I have seen a bunch of Christmas tags with some of the same questions and some of them switched out so I have decided to attempt this tag with some of the questions I found. Let’s begin.

  1. When do you put your Christmas tree up? Take it down? We try to get it up the weekend after Thanksgiving… but we still haven’t put it up yet. We take it down New Year’s Day or the weekend following.
  2. What is your tree topper? I think this is really funny and ironic. We have an angel on top of our tree but none of us are religious. I always suggested a star but my mom thinks the angel is pretty.
  3. Is your tree real or synthetic? Ours is synthetic. When I was younger I always wanted that Christmas tree buying experience but as I’ve gotten older I realize how much of a hassle a real tree is: expensive, messy, etc.
  4. Favorite Christmas Scent? Peppermint all the way
  5. Can you name all of Santa’s Reindeer? Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, and Blitzen and do you recall the most famous reindeer of all Rudolph
  6. When did you stop believing in Christmas? My neighbor ruined it for me in 5th grade but I hung on to the belief for another year.
  7. White lights or colored lights? I think white lights are really classy but I love colored lights and my house is always littered in colored lights!
  8. Do you open presents on Christmas Eve or Morning? Both. I go to 5 Christmas parties over the span of 3 days so we open presents all the time.
  9. Have you ever had a white Christmas? Typically we do, but sometimes Mother Nature is rude and it snows like the day after Christmas
  10. Are your wrapping skills pinterest worthy or “Let’s use a giftbag” worthy?” Okie dokie folks. When it comes to like clothes boxes or normally shaped presents I can wrap like no other… but when it comes to like kids toys that are neither rectangular or fit into rectangular spaces.. Put it in a giftbag.
  11. All time favorite Christmas Song? Mariah Carey’s “All I want for Christmas is You.” It is such a jam and you can find me singing it at any point of the entire year.
  12. Have you ever made a snowman? Of course I have. They are so annoyingly hard though. Like you make the bottom and you’re like “Ok.. I’m done.. Oh wait, I have to make two more of those things.” Plus I could never find accessories for him/her despite knowing we have like 30 pairs of gloves hidden in my house that we never use.

I’m going to tag…

Jenny           Allie            Alana            Jess            Lu            Jamie           Sarah LifeofanInspiredTeen             Blanca             Lia

Also… If you don’t celebrate Christmas.. feel free to ignore me Sorry

Here are the questions and I can’t wait to see what you all have to say!

  1. When do you put your Christmas tree up? Take it down?
  2. What is your tree topper?
  3. Is your tree real or synthetic?
  4. Favorite Christmas Scent?
  5. Can you name all of Santa’s Reindeer?
  6. When did you stop believing in Christmas?
  7. White lights or colored lights?
  8. Do you open presents on Christmas Eve or Morning?
  9. Have you ever had a white Christmas?
  10. Are your wrapping skills pinterest worthy or “Let’s use a giftbag” worthy”
  11. All time favorite Christmas Song?
  12. Have you ever made a snowman?

Until tomorrow

Alicia

Blogmas Day 1: I’m Doing Blogmas!

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Happy December 1st!

So, since I am doing this really cool thing called ‘consistent blogging’ and since I blogged daily last month for #NaBloPoMo, I have decided to take a whack at doing Blogmas. I love Christmas time and the holidays in general (also I find the term Blogmas to be straight up adorable) so why not give it a go?

For those of you who don’t know what Blogmas is, you post daily from December 1st thru December 24th (sort of like an advent calendar but without the chocolate :/). You can also write a post every day for the entire month which is what I am planning on doing, however,  I’m not guaranteeing a post on the 24th or 25th because the 23rd-26th are extremely booked with parties and baking and trying to get some sleep but I will try.

I have made a list of some post ideas for myself (and for all of you too if you would like to join in on the Blogmas fun) so I may take ideas just from here but I may also just cover some other topics as I see fit. Feel free to steal any of these ideas (tag me in them if you do because I would love to read them) or give me some ideas of your own. Happy Blogmas!

  1. Christmas Wish List
  2. Christmas Favorites- Movies, Books, Songs, etc.
  3. Holiday Bucket List
  4. A Christmas cookbook
  5. Do a Christmas Tag
  6. Go on a Winter Walk… Take loads of photos
  7. Favourite Winter drink
  8. Christmas night in essentials
  9. Things I love about Christmas
  10. Christmas gift ideas
  11. Write a letter to Santa!
  12. Secret Santa gift ideas
  13. Healthy Christmas food or snacks
  14. The best Christmas present you ever received
  15. The worst Christmas present you ever received
  16. Ultimate Christmas party playlist
  17. Favorite childhood Christmas memory
  18. Go to your local Christmas Market!
  19. Christmas through the years (ghost pictures of Christmas past)
  20. Your Christmas traditions
  21. Naughty or Nice list?
  22. 3 Day Quote Challenge:
  23. A Festive post, things that you love to do at Christmas!
  24. Winter skincare must have’s
  25. Waking up on Christmas
  26. A look at your Christmas Day
  27. What you got for Christmas
  28. Do a Blogmas photo diary
  29. 100 Things you love about Winter Season
  30. December Favorites
  31. 17 in 2017
  32. Year in Review
  33. Make a list of goals you want to achieve both for you and your blog by 2017!
  34. A reflection on the year
  35. Things I loved this year

Like I said, I may do all of them, or some of them, whatever I feel like. Please join me on this fun Blogmas and leave me ideas for other Blogmas posts. Happy Blogging

Alicia