I woke up this morning and almost instantly, I was overwhelmed with the need to think about Christmas. Gift brainstorming, craft ideas, menu planning, the smells of my family's house and the cozy feeling of being warm inside wrapping or cooking while the world outside smells like snow. The holiday bug snuck up and bit me badly (probably from doing some crafting with friends for a fundraiser).

Christmas is my favorite holiday, but not because I get stuff. It's because I get to give people stuff that I think they'd like, I get to wrap that stuff in pretty wrapping paper, I get to decorate the house and cook delicious food with my dad and hang out with my family. I love the decorations and the music and the feeling that descends just after (American) Thanksgiving. Now that I'm married, I've told Danny that we will have to think up some good holiday traditions for our family (he rolled his eyes but he's secretly excited, I'm sure of it ;) This year I was thinking of making our own Christmas cards, or maybe making a couple of ornaments to pass out to friends and family. So of course I went to Pinterest, where so many astoundingly craft people post their glorious creations and insinuate that you, too, can make this exquisite decoration or ornament or pie or whatever. (There should be a website dedicated to all of the Pinterest fails that must be born every day.) I'm not the most creative crafter, but I've found that most of the time I can follow a simple, step-by-step (hello, INTJ personality shining through) tutorial. So this year I'm going to attempt a Christmas ornament wreath that I found here. Looks simple enough, right? We'll see...

Edit: http://www.pinterestfail.com/ Bahahaha.