I stopped loving Halloween when I was probably around 10 years-old. While some people spend literally hundreds of dollars to decorate with monster-sized skeletons and orange lights, I’m over here trying to appease Perry’s love of the holiday with this — and only this:
Actually, I’m not a fan of any fall holiday.
I’m not big into Thanksgiving either. Oh, I like that families gather to share a meal, but it means someone has to cook it all, right? It’s hard for me to get behind a holiday that means I work. While some love to cook (my buddies Alisa and Julie come to mind here), I hate it. Cleaning up the mess is worse than cooking. Matter of fact, I just realized the ONLY thing I like about Thanksgiving is having leftovers. 🙂
Back in the day, my Nanny would bake pies and start her Thanksgiving meal prep a couple days before she put out the spread for all to enjoy. Me? I send Perry to the smoker with a ham, open a couple containers of Bob Evans mashed potatoes, and devil some eggs the morning of. Mom is typically the one who prepares a dessert for our large family (usually 4 and sometimes 5 of us).
Decorating for Christmas begins on Thanksgiving.
My fall holiday tradition is putting up Christmas trees on Thanksgiving Day. It’s like the cut-off date — the day I get to move forward to my favorite holiday… Christmas!
Tell me something great about Halloween or Thanksgiving that will change my mindset!
Now you know: Tom Cruise divorced each of his three wives (Mimi Rogers, Nicole Kidman, and Katie Holmes) when they turned 33 years old, and each of his ex-wives is 11 years younger than the last.