christmas love/hate

LOVE:
Christmas cookies - all kinds! Especially the yummy homemade kind...

HATE:
Muffin top over my jeans that comes from the cookies, appearing just in time for the New Year


LOVE:
"Merry Christmas"

HATE:
"Merry Xmas"


LOVE:
Sending out Christmas cards

HATE:
Sending out Christmas cards (it's complicated...)


LOVE:
My boss filled her candy bowl (which is always full, by the way) with these yummy new Hershey's kisses - "Hot Cocoa" and this white chocolate peppermint kind. They are SOOO delicious!

HATE:
30 minutes later after gorging over her candy bowl, I feel like I need the hospital bed...


LOVE:
Driving in my car singing along to Christmas carols - fa la la la la!

HATE:
Hearing Mannheim-freakin'-Steamroller come on for the umpteenth time while a pimped out car cuts me off on I-4, then gives me the finger.


LOVE:
That Jason and I have a fantastic excuse not to fight with our ginormous, many-limbed, inherited fake Christmas tree this year: no room! Ha!

HATE:
Eh, so it doesn't really look festive around here without a tree up...


LOVE:
Eating homemade corned beef hash on Christmas morning at my mom's. Really. It's quite delish, and we only make it one day of the year. It's our Irish twist on the holidays, I suppose. No cabbage, though.

HATE:
Doing the holiday shuffle between all our parents, trying to spend equal time with everyone as best as we can... can't we all do a destination Christmas or something?