November 20, 2002
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Day 20 of Give Thanks
Woohoo!! Jason is working again y’all!
Yup…in fact, he’s at work right now while I’m posting this..hehe. (then again…so am I! oops)
Anyway, he’s working at the DU Bookstore again…the place that he worked for briefly in September. He’s very happy about this…so I’ll let him give y’all the details…but I HAD to share ya know!
That’s what I’m thankful for today…btw. It’s wonderful that he’s found a job. He’s been looking for awhile now.
Anyway…thanks to all of you for letting me know that I’m not alone on decorating the house for Christmas on Thanksgiving! It’s good to know that I’m not the ONLY one who does that.
Jason and I decided that this year we are going to mainly decorate the family room downstairs for
Christmas. 
That’s where we all spend most of our time…so, we thought that the kids would enjoy having the tree and stockings, etc. down there where they can look at it all.
We normally have the tree up in the front room on the main floor. However, that is now my office and I share it with my mom…and well, she hasn’t quite unpacked all of her office things (files & such) yet…so there are TONS of boxes everywhere!
In other words…no room for a 14ft tree!! Yup…I said 14ft. I know…that’s HUGE!! Try putting it up and decorating it!! haha
Anyway, last year I wasn’t exactly in the holiday spirit after losing my best friend in a car accident only 2 days after Thanksgiving
(that story will come later)….so, I bought a 7ft fiber optic tree that’s only one piece. Well…I fell in love with that tree! It’s so cool!! 
You take it out of the box…put it in it’s stand…spread out it’s branches…plug it in…and you’re done!! It changes colors and such….it’s really cool!! The kids just LOVE it…so, that’s the tree that will be going downstairs this year as well. The 14ft tree will have to just wait another year.
Well…that’s the plan. Most of the gifts for the kids have already been purchased (thanks to my shopaholic mom)…so, Jason and I don’t have much to do in the shopping department. We have plenty of time to wrap…considering that I don’t ever put the gifts under the tree until Christmas Eve while the kids are sleeping.
When do you put your gifts under the tree?
I know some people do it as they complete their wrapping…and some wait until Christmas Eve like myself…and some just bring them out on Christmas morning. I guess to each his own eh?
Well…I will be around to your sites later on today…but I WILL get there!!
Have a great day y’all!
~Maria
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I told my daughter we would take down all of the Xmas stuff the day after Thanksgiving and sort through decorations, music, books, etc. I hope we buy our tree early this year. I want to enjoy it, now that we have a huge room for a big tree!
Great news about Jason’s job!
When I was a kid, we always had two sets of presents. We opened the wrapped presents from our parents on Christmas eve (after dinner) and then we woke up to the Santa presents under the tree on Christmas morning. But, as I got older and my worrying nature kicked in, I became scared of the idea that some strange man was going to come into the house at night while I was asleep. I asked mom how he’d get in since we didn’t have a fireplace. But her answer scared me even more. She said “I don’t know…maybe he’ll come in through the window?”. Yikes! Poor mom, I was always a challenge for her. Anyway, the whole thing was too scary for me so she told me there was no Santa when I was about 7 years old! We were both much happier after that point. But my friend’s parents sure hated me…because I told everyone I knew.
Presents? There are presents? Hmmmm…I didn’t know that part, I think I’ve been cheated!
(Mine go under there as I get them wrapped)
congrats he got a job…wooohooooo have a great wednesday!
My kids gifts don’t go under the tree until Christmas Eve..keeps them from trying to peek that way!
Everyone else’s go under as I wrap them up! 
*sigh* Poor Peter
so sad!! May I have Alex’s email so that I may talk to him, please?
I wish I could’ve come down while having gone to Boulder, but yay, my room is looking cooler and cooler as time goes on. I’m gonna get to order from IKEA and I get the queen-sized bed (or the double, one of em, either way…whoohoo)! Yaaay!
Christmas eve for the grandkids..Others when ever we get them wrapped. Hope you had a great day..
Well, since I’m not going to tell my kids about Santa, I think I’m going to do it the way my Grandma-in-law does.
The whole huge family gets together cooks a huge dinner, bakes a cake..Then sings Happy Birthday Jesus at the end of dinner. It’s one of the kids favorite part. Then they all gather around the christmas tree and one person each year hands out presents, kids first of course.
It was always a lot of fun for me..I can’t wait till my Baby is born to start having fun with it.
As they’re wraped. Glad to hear he’s working.
YA he got a job. Congrats!!!
I like to have everyone open at once on Christmas morning.
When I was a little kid, presents were put under the tree after I went to bed on Christmas Eve and they got opened in the morning…I remember the wonder I felt looking at all the beautiful presents…as I got older, my Dad and I would have the same ‘argument’ every year, I’d want to open the gifts in the morning and he’d want to do it at night… ~Spot~
Great news about the bookstore!
When do I put the gifts under my tree? Well, as soon as I can get them wrapped. This year, the challenge seems to be getting them purchased! You should be proud of yourself that you have so much done!
Im hoping to be able to get a tree this year. Last year I was in the middle of moving, so a tree was the last thing on my mind. We usually put our gifts under the tree and Xmas eve as well!! Well Santa does anyway! *giggle*
I am glad he found a job. A 14 ft. tree! WOW! I bet it is beautiful. I am just starting to get back in the Christmas spirit since my Mom was killed. On the 9th of Dec. in 98.
It took me awhile to get to this stage. I guess my grandsons brought the feeling back. 
Hope you have a good day.
Its the big debate in our house to what kind of Christmas tree we are going to have
Help me get my music to work!!
YAY! for Jason… gotta go read at his site now…
Gifts for friends and family go under the tree as I wrap.. Gifts for kiddies go under Christmas eve. I love listening to them run to the tree christmas morning!
Congrats to Jason!! YAY!
Hey I finally got it to work!! I just looked off of your source!! THANKS