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Here are the top ten things I love about the Christmas season!

10. Sing-a-long Christmas concerts. There is NOTHING like joining voices with hundreds, or even dozens of people to sing, O Holy Night, Joy To The World (no, not the Three Dogged Night version), We Three Kings, and all the rest!
9. Fireplaces. Anytime, give me a fireplace, a book, a cup of hot chocolate and...
8. John Rutter Christmas CD (not sure this is the name, so if you want to know the name, email me and I'll get it for you!) - this is one of the most amazing recordings of Christmas music EVER!
7. Christmas shopping on Christmas Eve. Yes, you got it right, I LOVE shopping for gifts on the zany, crazed-shopper filled day. There is an electricity in the air that is contagious. The hustle, the bustle, THE HUNT! Bwah, ha, ha!!! Bah humbug to all those people who buy their gifts MONTHS before and brag about doing so.
6. Decorating the Christmas tree. We have a tradition of playing Christmas music (Rutter, Nat King Cole, another fab CD, Mannheim Steamroller), drinking hot cocoa and starting the season off with a bang!
5. Christmas parties! I love 'em.
4. Christmas parades. Starting with watching the Macy's parade on Thanksgiving Day, I love to go to parades. Always have.
3. Touring the city to look for the BEST and TACKIEST Christmas decorations of the city!
2. My children opening their gifts on Christmas morning!
1. Midnight service celebrating the arrival of Jesus on Earth, and the final candlelit singing of Silent Night!

OK, those are a few of my favorite things about Christmas, what about yours?