What sort of things/activities make you feel in the mood for christmas?

when its cold and snowy outside nad i'm drinking hot cocoa (yum!) when i'm listening to christmas music, when i hear or see something that reminds me of christmas, buying people presents, and the smell of sugar cookies and pine, going to mass even reminds me of christmas!

Things that make me feel Christmasey? All types of Music playing, I usally listen to that kinda shizz around late October time, putting decoarations up with the family, wrapping stuff....buying Gifts in the Christmas rush. A load of Christmas movies are just great essepically Home Alone. I usally watch them all the time with family and stuff. Cooking recipies maybe cakes, a few cookies here and there. One year we made home made bread and brownies - everything like that really. But what I most think is just being with your family, by the tree...with the heating on watching complete nonsence on T.V or watching a film you could re-write...so yeah!

I love listening to Christmas carols while decorating the house with all my Christmas decor. Putting up my tree and pulling out all my ornaments and seeing what I have collected over the past years. The most exciting thing for me is that I moved to Mesa, Arizona last month and I booked my flight home to California tonight...so Im looking forward to flying home for the holidays!!!!!

Purchasing A Real Live Christmas Tree!

Watching Christmas movie, watching the snow fall outside, listening to Christmas music and going Christmas shopping.

I like the feel of walking from the boiling hot summer sun into a crisp cool shopping mall with christmas music and decorations up.

Or when the weather finnally turns from Winter to Summer, and everyone gets the urge to start singing Christmas carols. (no spring in Australia...where I am, anyhow)

Or when its the middle of the day, you can hear the roar of cicadas, and everyones lazing around the Family Christmas Lunch table of cold-cuts, barbecued sausages and ice-cold drinks. The kids are playing with their brand new water-guns, while the game of Cricket is goingon in the backyard...oh hang on, thats the actual day...

UM...Being in Church and singing Chrissy Hymns.

AND ESPECIALLY: Watching family home-videos of Christmasses as a kid.

Hearing Christmas carols and seeing Christmas decorations puts me in the mood for Christmas. Thanksgiving also puts me in the mood bc I know that Christmas is coming.

Loads of things for me, like others--shopping, colder weather, decorations, and Christmas music. Probably the most important is making plans with friends and family and talking about the presents we are giving or wanting to give.

--That Cheeky Lad

Christmas Songs, Cold weather, Christmas cookies, Christmas trees, Santa, Reigndeer, etc

Cutting and decorating the christmas tree, watching all the christmas specials on TV, making cookies, drinking hot chocolate, buying last-minute gifts, listening to christmas songs on the radio and wrapping gifts!

its not Christmas yet.. need Halloween and Thanksgiving first.. but i like sitting by the warm fireplace drinking hot chocolate or apple cider and reading a good book.. i can do that just about any night.... i also love to make cookies and brownies and peanut brittle and fudge and buying presents for other people hoping they will like them.. going outside and just rolling around in the snow and making snowmen...we also try and make ornaments every year..oh and listening to lots of Christmas music..this all gets me into the Christmas mood...