[quote author="Mcdonna1980" date=1249478135][quote author="tmare" date=1249474231][quote author="GraceOMalley" date=1249471472]Sears has had this shiz up since July. Yes July...</blockquote>
I knew that if anyone would respond to this thread it would be you, Grace (and I mean that in a good way). I have to admit I get nostalgic for Christmas sometime during late summer (the New Year's Eve birthday does that, I guess), but it really doesn't mean that I need to see it in the stores! I think that the beginning of school always makes me think of Halloween, which leads to Thanksgiving and there it is, Christmas! Why do we wish our lives away in this manner? Craziness.</blockquote>
We got our tickets to Costa Rica

. <strong>I hate to say...the best part of the trip is missing Christmas. </strong>[/img]Well, I guess technically we won't miss it. We'll be missing the crazy whirl wind Christmas I've come to dread.</blockquote>
I hope your neighbors are more understanding than their neighbors were...
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