Love to Love it #70 December 18, 2008

I love to love David Benoit’s album, Remembering Christmas .  It is one of my most favorites this time of year.  I grew up in a house that listened to David Benoit alot, so that probably has something to do with it.  It is piano driven jazz music.  I love it. The first song on this album, “Skating” will sound familiar because it is in a Charlie Brown Christmas movie.  You can preview it and buy it on Itunes.

Love to Love it #69 December 10, 2008

I love to love my 12 days of Christmas apron from Willams-Sonoma!  Every year the women in my family get together to do a little (or a lot) of Christmas shopping.  We do a dinner or a lunch and exchange some gifts.  It’s such a fun holiday tradition that I look forward to all year long.  This year my cousin Leslie gave me this cute apron.  It has images from the song “The 12 Days of Christmas.”  I love aprons, but I never had one for Christmas, now I do!  I especially love the girly ruffles at the bottom!

Love to Love it # 68 December 9, 2008

I love to love National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation!  Nothing says the holidays like Chevy Chase on the roof!  I had never seen this movie until I joined my husband’s family.  They watch it every Thanksgiving night, to “kick off” the season.  I never get sick of this movie.  I LOVE it!  I usually pull it out once in July for fun and then watch it 2-3 times around the holidays.  My favorite scene is when the entire family is sitting around the dinner table and the aunt is praying but says the pledge of allegiance instead.  I think everyone can see their family in this movie somewhere.  Sometimes, I see a little too much of my family in this movie .  

Hip-hip-hooray for Christmas Vacation!

Love to Love it #67 December 3, 2008

Ohh, I love to love my Home for the Holidays Yankee Candle!  I am always looking for the perfect holiday scent.  I’m not a huge fan of a cinnamon ONLY scented candles or an evergreen ONLY scented candles (the typical holiday scents), and am alway trying to find a more balanced aroma.  My Home for the Holidays candle smells just like Christmas to me; warm and inviting.  It smells like cinnamon, evergreen, vanilla, nutmeg, pumpkin, and sugar cookies….all wrapped into one.  To me, it’s a must have the holiday season.  And we all know, Yankee candles are the best.  They burn forever!  I’m enjoying mine right now!