Day 6 of the Christmas Advent!

What is winter weather like where you live?

Cold! So cold! That is unless you have lived anywhere else in the world where it gets colder than 25 degrees Fahrenheit. Today the low is 32, my windshield had frost on it this morning. This is not what I've ever pictured for a white christmas. Frost on the grass instead of snow everywhere. My town has not seen snow in 15 years, it's snowed 48 times in the past 107 years. 

We have the possibility for snow tomorrow, although I doubt it, snow has been predicted nearly every winter. Of course, every year I hope for snow, but I also don't know how to act in snow or dress for snow. 

While snow would be great, the area I live in is highly populated by citrus fruit. Who doesn't love an orange in their stocking? Well, this promised cold is not good for those of us who actually like getting citrus on christmas.

photo from invisible5.org

My winter is more prone to fog, yes, fog. Fog so thick you can't see across the rode, forget about being able to see the end of your car. Nearly everyone drives super slow with their windows down. 

And yes, I do wear shorts and short sleeves year round, sometimes I put on a light jacket! Although, a sweatshirt is generally what I wear with some sort of jean or legging tucked into boots.

xoxo Lauryn

Advent: Day 5

What is your favorite Christmas food? 

(Picture from www.picstopin.com) 

My favorite Christmas food hands down, 100% is candy canes!!!!! I LOVE candy canes they are my favorite candy in the world. I eat way too many at any chance I get. I go to the grocery store and scope them out before the holidays just waiting for them to magically appear. I have always loves candy canes and my infatuation has only grown over the years. I stock pile them at the end of the holiday season when they go on sale just to try and preserve the holidays a bit longer. 

I even take candy canes to a whole new level! I have candy cane scented candles, lotion, body spray, Chapstick, and wall plug-in for my room. Without candy canes I just don't feel Christmas would be the same. I hope you all enjoy a few during the holiday season!! 

Xoxo Tessa 

Advent: Day 4

What is the best fragrance for winter?

(Photo from www.bathandbodyworks.com) 

Peppermint, peppermint, peppermint! Peppermint everything! If it's not peppermint, it's not winter. There is no other answer for this question. I love everything about it, the smell, the memories, eating it, drinking it in almost everything! 
The colours of peppermint, the crunch of the candy, the taste, the perfection! Thinking about the name though, peppermint should be completely different. It should be a combination of pepper and spearmint, or winter mint, or  whatever other mint there is. 
Peppermint happens to be the only "mint" that I like, actually I love it. I really, really love it! Where as I greatly dislike all the other mints. Only peppermint will do, and only peppermint I shall have!

Xoxo Lauryn

Advent: Day 3

What is the best winter memory you have? 

(From Georgegray.com I am so sad I don't have any pictures from the houses we looked at) 

I have always loved the holidays, especially Christmas! One of my favorite winter memories was during December when I was younger, about 11. My cousins and I were super close, they were like my brothers and sisters. I would often go to their house to hang out and play. As I have said I am very festive and love all things merry, so it was quite a treat that the street next to my cousins house was always shining bright with extravagant lights during the holiday season. Every single house was dressed up with lights and blow up figures and so much more! I loved going and just being in awe of it all. I remember one night my aunt, uncle, all my cousins, my mom and I set out and walked around the tiny street and it was as if I had walked into the North Pole. It was absolutely fabulous and it is one of my favorite winter memories! 

Xoxo Tessa 

Advent Day 2!

 Coffee, tea, or hot chocolate?

While I am not a fan of chocolate, I do on occasion enjoy a nice hot cup of cocoa. However, my love of coffees and teas will not be denied, I have multiple blends of several christmasy drinks. I look forwards to these every year, my favourite wintery tea being peppermint. There is just something about drinking a candy cane that I find to be incredibly inviting.

One christmas season several years ago, I can no longer remember, my family and I went to pick out a christmas tree. They had big ones, smaller ones, fat, skinny, and of course the flocked ones. What more could my small Central Valley town need

Image from porkandplants.com/

than fake snow on their trees? I believe this was the year my family got our first flocked tree, which also happened to be our last flocked tree. While completely inaccurate, the tree was gorgeous, there is almost nothing better than a Christmas tree with snow on it, it made me feel as though I lived where it actually snowed.

This particular year my family went to a family owned diner/restaurant in my town, we all ordered hot chocolate and sat at the table talking and laughing and feeling the special magic of christmas.

xoxo Lauryn

Advent: Day 1

What is your favorite candle scent for the holidays? 

(Picture is from bathandbodyworks.com)

My favorite holiday scent for the holidays is "Tis the Season" by Bath and Body Works! It is a strong scent but not over powering. It smells so great, I am personally not a fan of sweet smells they make me nauseous so this one is right up my ally! It is like Christmas in a candle. The pine and spice are such a treat for my nose. The instant I get the opportunity I start lighting my holiday scents. Smell is a something that really connects to the holidays for me. I love the smell of peppermint and Christmas tress too!  It makes me giddy and excited. The candles give me feel a sense peacefulness. "Tis the Season" is currently on my nightstand ready for action. It is fantastic and I highly recommend you guys check it out! 

Xoxo Tessa

Christmas, please come early!

Yesterday, while shopping for yarn to make my christmas presents with I got stuck in the Seasonal Aisle of Walmart. I was stuck there for a good twenty minutes, walking up and down the christmas aisle, staring at the vats of caramel corn, the tins of cookies, the multi packets of hot chocolate, and the abundance of chocolate in different forms. My favourite forms were the santa claus and of course the reindeer. This adventure down christmas aisle is not unusual, in fact it happens to me every time I go to Walmart. The unusual part is that thanksgiving hasn't even happened.

I started wearing my christmas socks back in August, have never even turned off my christmas music, and my christmas jammies have become by everyday jammies. I use my christmas mugs year round, eat candy canes whenever I can, and think about ornaments at least weekly. I love christmas and that fact that it draws nearer and nearer is making me incredibly excited. Not necessarily the day, considering my family can go from picture happy to world war three fighting in three seconds flat, but the entire cheery season. I've been christmas caroling, I read christmas books, I have a list of christmas movies that i am continuously adding to and arranging the order of. 

My family has a particular way of putting up and decorating our tree. We normally have a fake plastic tree (which is NOT the same as a real tree) my younger brother sets it up (he's taller, no one else but by dad is able to do this job). I decorate the tree, it takes me a good amount of time and several walk arounds and standing at different angles in the room making sure it is perfect. I have even strung popcorn together and wrapped it around the tree, I go all out. My sister has the easiest job, she "Supervises" (similar to her idea of making dinner, i.e. Taco Bell).

So now, I am already for christmas, I'm so excited, my candy canes are open and are being eaten at a normally surprising  rate, but the problem is that It's November. Thanksgiving isn't until the week before December. I have basically gotten ready for winter, but it feels like the middle of June (really, it was nearly 80* on monday). 

In my hope to get everyone as excited I leave you with my all time favourite christmas song: Disco Christmas In Hamsterland.