It’s now official… Miley Cyrus and her inappropriate twerking have even impacted Santa Claus. We’ve all known for years that jolly old man likes Ho Ho Ho’s, but now the perhaps biggest Ho Ho Ho of 2013 has changed the course of the holiday season as we know it…
How, you ask? Well because Christmas has come in like a Wrecking ball!
I have a feeling she’s not on the Nice list.
What’s up with this very short time frame between Turkey Day and Christmas?
It’s a mere 26 days… that comes down to only 8 weekend days aka 16 hours of baby naptime in which to finish all the gifting, baking, decorating, writing, addressing, wrapping and prepping… it seems like there is too much to do and not enough time to do it!
Mom holiday meltdown, tis the season!
And I’m wondering if I’m the only one feeling way behind right now. According to my Facebook and Instagram feeds, I’m the only Mom in America who hasn’t done all of the following:
- Cut down a tree in from the whirly-twirley forest of fun
- Decorated the inside and outside of the house with LED twinkle lights
- Hung the specially embroidered stockings by the chimney with care
- Made and frosted organic gingerbread cookies
- Designed a wreath out of candy canes and scrabble pieces (oh boy, don’t get me started with Pinterest)
- Made a scrapbook of the elf’s journey around the shelf, the house and the continent of Europe
Seriously, what’s up with my overachieving friends and family?!? You’re killing me people!
Perhaps the holidays seem extra busy because now we have a little elf running around the house making it challenging to get anything done beside dance to the Hot Dog song (incredibly fun but not productive)… Perhaps the short time frame truly is adding to the stress… Or perhaps I’m just being a whiny Mom who will end up on the naughty list if I don’t change my attitude.
So if you’re out there and you feel my pain, please let me know. As for everyone else, please lower your expectations of my holiday festiveness this year. We’re definitely going to enjoy the holidays but there is a strong possibility we’ll be doing it with a bale of hay on our front porch (still from Halloween) and a cookie jar full of store-bought cookies! Cheers to that!
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Is that a candy cane in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?
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