It's too early. I never eat December snowflakes. I always wait until January.

Ya'll.
I'm trying real hard not to use a level four curse word roundabout the holiday in which we celebrate the birth of our Lord Jesus, but I'm dealing with my mother and it just may not be avoidable...

For example, here is the conversation we had tonight. (I'm in italics)
When is your class giving you the gift?
Huh?
Your class gift. When do you get it?
Oh. I guess at the class party on the 17th.
Okay, because I'm going to wait to get some of your gifts until I know what kind of gift cards they give you.
Huh?
I don't want to get you the same gift cards they give you, because I know you'll use them, but I can get you gift cards to somewhere else.
Oh.

Ya'll.
I did not give my mother (or anyone really) a list of Christmas ideas, because I don't have any. I don't want for much of anything. If I need something, I buy it, but otherwise, I have no real gift desires this year. I don't ask for much.

It's funny but the people that know me best always get me the best Christmas gifts, even without lists. My parents and sister, however, are from a very different school of thought. Every year, my mother goes out and buys all of her Christmas presents, and leaves them in the corner of her bedroom until my dad asks me to wrap them. I'm quite certain he does the same for her. And we all know what happens when my sister gets something she doesn't want.

But, since my family is crazy every Christmas, it's up to me to navigate it on my own. Hopefully without curse words, but just in case, I'm reminded that the whole reason our Lord Jesus was born was to forgive me of my sins, including level four curse words. So, I'm pulling out my Bible and my Advent readings, and getting on with the reason for the season.

I'm going to read (and link) some of those verses every night.
I'm going to put one ornament on my tree a night, because I couldn't get it done before the start of December.
I'm going to do my Holidays in Hand writings every night. Except tonight, because I don't like it and I'd rather talk about this instead. I'll be asking you the questions as well, so be prepared to share.
I'm going to be getting my December Daily ready as well, little by little.

And just because I'm me, I'm probably going to be quoting Christmas movies as titles all the live-long season...
As for tonight's title:
Dear weatherman,
Please don't use the phrase "chance of snow" unless you see big white flakes coming out of the sky because it gets my kiddos ALL RILED UP FOR NO GOOD REASON RIGHT BEFORE A FULL MOON ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!
Love and such,
Jen

Oh, and here's what I'm reading tonight:
Isaiah 40:1-5
Isaiah 52:7-10