davidmatychuk
Senior HTF Member
In 2014, starting in January, I started something I called "Little Christmas" on the 25th of each month. On that day of the month, I would listen to an album or two from my large Christmas music collection, read something Christmas-related from my Christmas book library, and most importantly, watch a movie on disc, tape, or PVR from my very large Christmas video collection. I have my favorites, of course, but my Christmas libraries are so large (and Christmas itself gets very busy) that I always feel that I haven't enjoyed them sufficiently during the season. I'm not sure why I love Christmas so much; we weren't wealthy, though we always had a big tree with plenty of lights and NOBODY went hungry. I think that probably the early and repeated exposure to "A Christmas Carol" (the book and the Alastair Sim film) gave me a taste for keeping the Spirit Of Christmas alive all year. I even do "Christmas In July" concerts, in addition to 30 years in a row of Christmas shows. Anyhow, I'm doing it again in 2015, and I hope others will do it too. Decorating is absolutely optional!