Christmas Bucket List

It's my favorite time of year! Seriously, one of my friends called me Mrs. Claus the other day because I love Christmas so much. This year I wanted to really do a lot of Christmas activities and really enjoy the season, especially because it goes by so fast. Here is the bucket list I came up with for us, we have done some of these so those will be crossed off :)

• Make Slow Cooker Hot Chocolate
• Go Ice Skating (preferably at Lotte World because they're decorated for Christmas)
• Make Christmas Cookies
• Decorate for Christmas
• Go see the Christmas lights around Seoul
• Go to Garden of the Morning Calm 
• Build a Gingerbread House
• Watch ALL the Christmas movies
• Watch as many of the Hallmark Christmas movies as I can
• Do Advent Calendars
• Go see the Nutcracker
• Harry Potter Marathon
• Make Butterbeer
• Go to the Express Bus Terminal and see their floor of Christmas decorations
• This wasn't as great as I was hoping it would be. There was a lot of stuff but it was mostly "clutter" items and expensive trees and I have run out of shelf space for Christmas clutter and I don't want to spend 100 dollars on a 3-foot tree.
• Go to Daiso and get more Christmas Decorations

We're running out of time to do everything before Christmas! Mark works so much now that we don't really have much time to do much of anything. But we'll figure it out and do everything.

What are your plans for the Christmas season?

See you soon

Kylie <3

Christmas Movies to watch this month

I am one of those people who absolutely love Christmas movies but not so much the adult ones, I love the family-friendly and children Christmas movies. I love when I can start watching them. In this list, I have a few that absolutely love and I have to watch, some that I like, and some new ones (to me) that are on the must-watch Christmas lists. So this list will be in that order, my favs to my unwatched.

1) Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas
2) The Santa Clause 1, 2, and 3
3) Rudolph the Red-Nose Reindeer
4) A Charlie Brown Christmas
5) Frosty the Snowman
6) How the Grinch Stole Christmas (cartoon)
7) Santa Clause is Coming to Town
8) Christmas with the Kranks
9) 4 Christmases
10) Elf
11) Polar Express
12) Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas
13) Disney's Prep & Landing
14) Naughty VS. Nice
15) Arthur Christmas
16) Frosty Returns
17) Olive the Other Reindeer
18) It's a Wonderful Life
19) The Grinch (Live Action)
20) The Island of Misfit Toys
21) White Christmas
22) Mickey's Christmas Carol
23) Disney's A Christmas Carol
24) Frosty Returns
25) The Mouse King
26) Miracle on 34th Street
27) Christmas Vacation
28) Holiday Inn
29) Scrooged
30) National Lampoons Christmas Vacation
31) Muppet Christmas Carol
32) Saving Santa
33) A Misers Brothers Christmas
34) Year Without Christmas
35) Deck the Halls

This expansive list does not include all the Hallmark Christmas movies I want to watch too; there's so much to watch this time of year. Luckily Mark is in the Christmas spirit and wants to watch Christmas movies too.

What's your favorite Christmas movie?

See you soon!
Kylie <3

Holiday Bucket List

I've been gone for a while, I know. Things have been hectic with school and family and all that stuff; but I've also been having motivational issues. As in I don’t ever want to do anything but sit and play Sims and read and I've been having a hard time getting myself to do anything unless I HAVE to do it. But we are working on that, hopefully I’ll get better as time goes on.

Enough of that though, I have a holiday bucket list! I’m sure you guys know how into the holiday season I am as I put my tree up like a week after Halloween, no shame. Many of my friends think I’m crazy and just aren't as into the season as I am; they say it’s too early and I need to appreciate Thanksgiving (but I did and do). But what do they know, the holiday season only happens once a year and it FLIES by so why not make it last as possible and enjoy every second? Or am I the only one that thinks that way? But here is my list of stuff that I want to do to celebrate the holidays and make memories J

1. Make Christmas cookies
2. Make Chirstmas Mugs
3. Go to the Galaxy of Lights
4. Go to the Christmas Tree Path
5. Ice-Skate in the park
6. Ice-Skate at the normal rink
7. Watch Christmas movies (I actually have a HUGE list of Christmas movies I want to watch and no time!)
8. Make hot chocolate
9. Build a gingerbread house
10. Make ornaments (Target and Michaels sell these make your own felt ornaments and my brother and I enjoy making them)
11. Read “The Night Before Christmas”
12. Go look at Christmas lights
13. Go to a Christmas play

I think that’s everything, or at least all of the major stuff. I've had Christmas music in my car for a while so that is long crossed of the list. Unfortunately where I live it doesn't snow so I can’t do anything like build a snowman or go sledding or do anything fun like that. It’s actually been 60 to 70 degrees for the past two weeks L I hate it so much. I miss having seasons, it’s something I don’t like about the south. We don’t have a fall and it’s December and it still feels like summer. Is it too much to ask to be able to wear boots and cute sweaters? Lol.

I hope you guys enjoyed this! What do you do for Christmas/the Holidays.

Thank you for reading!

Kylie 

Dorm Room Christmas Decorations

I know we just had Halloween and it’s not even thanksgiving yet, but I’m already super into the Holiday spirit. I’m one of those crazy Christmas people, am I the only one? I love the Holiday season, it makes me so happy and it’s amazing. I already have Christmas music in my car (Michael Buble anyone?) and it’s beginning to look like Christmas threw up all over my room. I have a baby Christmas tree all decorated, skirt and all and garland on my window. Part of the reason I have already decorated my room is because I will only be in my dorm for two weeks after thanksgiving so I won’t have enough time to enjoy a Christmas-y room. The other reason is just because I’m a super holiday freak and I love Christmas. It makes me so happy :).

As for what this actual post is about: I’m going to be talking about the decorations in my room and different idea that I may or may not be doing in my own room but would love to do. Unfortunately I forgot to take pictures of all the garland, but I will still tell the price and what not. Just so I don’t have to say it for everything, all of the stuff shown in the pictures is from Target. I don’t know about you guys, but Target is my favorite place ever. I can spend so much time in there and they always have so much for the holidays.

MY TREE

Before my most recent payday, I went to Target just to kill time and because I was bored just sitting in my dorm and I saw that they had small trees! I wanted one last year but couldn’t find a really nice one for cheap. So I got one from Old Time Pottery and I loved it but I was small, almost like a Charlie Brown tree so my ornaments looked huge on. I also left it at home so it wasn’t doing me any Christmas goodness at the dorm so I got a new one. So when I go home my room will have two trees :). You should be able to find it in the Christmas section in the back of Target. They also have Silver, Gold and maybe pink? Or Blue? I don’t remember but they have a variety of colors. It’s $8 and is a garland material instead of pine-y.

Near the tree at all targets near me they have garland and baby ornaments that you can use to decorate your tree. I got silver garland (I’m sorry I forgot pictures) for $3 and one was enough to wrap the tree. I got Gold, Green, and Red mini bulbs and some blue, pink, and green stars both sets were $3 and came with plenty bulbs; 1 pack should be enough but if you want variety like me then 2 packs is plenty. I also found a tiny tree topper in the same area, I got the Gold one but they have a bunch of other colors and it was only $1! Finally, they had mini tree-skirts hanging up which I also thought was just adorable. Like everything else, they had a variety of colors and patterns. I got a simple, kind of traditional green one that says Merry Christmas and Let it Snow on it with little Christmas designs. Here are pictures of the set up and the final tree <3.

EVERYTHING ELSE

Right now, the only other Christmas decoration I have in my room is garland lining my window. I found some garland in the dollar spot at Target. I got two of them, a green and red and a silver. I originally planned of having one around my window and one around my door. But then I got back and unraveled it and it was really, really short. It could be used on the tree honestly. So instead of having both my window and door lined. I have my window lined with half of it being green and red and half being silver. It’s still really pretty though. I want some decorative Santa Clauses, snowflakes, penguins, snowman, etc. to hang on my wall but I don’t have the money for that right now. But over the years I’ll build up my collection of holiday decorations so it’s okay :)

I hope you guys enjoyed reading this. What is your favorite season and are you as into the holiday season as I am?

Thanks for reading!

Kylie