The Next Day

Christmas is my favorite time of year. I love everything about it. The decorations, the music, time spent with family, the spirit of giving, and celebrating the birth of Jesus. There isn't a more magical time of year in my opinion. But as with every year, the Christmas season ends and I always feel a little down about it.

It always starts Chtistmas night. The realization sets in that this is the last hurrah for the Christmas season. Winter is a cold and dark season, and Christmas makes it all seem better. But what about these next two to three months? That's why the end of Christmas always depresses me. Winter against the lights of Christmas isn't such a big deal, but when the lights are down and it's even darker out there, it can be daunting.

So, I guess the only way to combat the gloom if winter is to keep that Christmas spirit alive. We don't have to stop giving, spending time with family, or celebrating Jesus just because Christmas is over. What if the Christmas spirit were genuinely carried on past Christmas one year? I think that would be a wonderful sight. So to anyone reading this, I hope you had the merriest of Christmases, and let's carry it on into a new year!

Have A Merry Christmas And A Cheesy One Two

No, I'm not illiterate, I know that's the wrong spelling of the word "too." If you remember last year I did a post about cheesy Christmas specials/movies. If not, you can read it here. Well this year I have a couple of cheesy Christmas songs to share with you. I love Christmas music, and while I mostly go for just regular Christmas music, every now and then I find a good ole cheesy song that is just catchy enough for me to love. Hope you enjoy them!

Naughty Naughty Children (Better Start Actin' Nice) by Grace Potter

I first heard this song during the sequel to the Christmas Special Prep and Landing. I thought it was kind of catchy, and Grace Potter has a good voice.

Santa Stole My Lady by Fitz & The Tantrums

I heard this song at the end of this season's Christmas episode of New Girl. The lyrics are admittedly odd and cheesy, but the music is pretty catchy.

A New Kind of Challenge

I have trouble blogging on a regular basis. The problem is, I just get busy. Every now and then I will have an idea and think to myself that I should blog about it, but it never ends up happening. So in the past I've done 30 day challenges to make myself blog. In fact if you've followed my blog at all, most of the posts on my blog are the result of a 30 day challenge. Well as interesting as those are, I need a new challenge to get me back into blogging. So here's the deal, I like the concept of 30 blog posts. It's a good number. The problem is, blogging every day is challenging, tiring, and often uninspired. There were days during my past challenges that I really had no idea what to blog, but I knew I had to blog something. Also with the 30 day challenges, there is feeling that if you fall behind a day, you are letting yourself down. It's depressing.

All of that being said, I really want to get back into blogging, especially while I'm on Christmas break. So I'm doing a 30 post challenge. Here's what I promise with this challenge: I will make 30 blog posts, within a reasonable amount of time. Yep, that's the best I can do for you. I could have one day where I have enough ideas for 5 posts, and there could be five day stretches where I can't come up with one idea for a post. I'm hoping this will keep me to my posting duty, but not force me to put up random posts or feel guilty if I can't or choose not to post one day. Following this post, I'm taking count of 30 posts with a hearty, "Let's do this!"