The calendar says November, but retailers are already looking ahead to Christmas. Westmoreland Mall held their Light-Up Night festivities on Friday evening as Santa made his way to Center Court. It won’t be long until Downtown Pittsburgh has their celebration (either this week or next Friday). ‘Tis the season.
It’s been a little hard to get into the Christmas spirit because of the state of our union, as well as some other issues. I was happy that my vote counted on Tuesday, though. But I know we’re not out of the woods. It’s a start though.
The Holiday Baking shows are the in thing now as Halloween has wrapped up. Monday night, that favorite baking shows of ours premiered for another season. For me it’s my fifth season watching Holiday Baking Championship. I watched the premiere Thursday night on HBO Max and this one will be just as good. I made the right decision to watch this show, though I’m no stranger to it as I’ve seen it in the past. This was my first season though.
Noel and Allison bring a lot of humor to the show, and Paul and Prue are good judges. The same can be said for the Holiday Baking Championship. Everyone knows their stuff.
Saturday was the launch of the new holiday menu at Cutie’s. I was sleeping after having worked all night but I saw the pics on Instagram and it looked like they got a nice turnout. I came down for some coffee in the afternoon after I woke up and it was still steady. My first drink from the new menu was the Toasted White Mocha and I took it with me as I made my way back home. I’ll return later this week. I’m actually thinking the Cutie Cookie Butter looks good.
With the holidays coming, I’ve began the process of evolving into my Christmas music era. Some albums and songs are great, while others can go away. For a time when I was in college, I played some Contemporary Christian holiday albums. I think we got rid of those. I do my listening via Amazon Music. The $64,000 question though.
Do I like the Queen of overplayed Christmas songs, Mariah Carey?
Working in retail, you’re kind of forced into hearing it. “All I Want For Christmas is You” is all right, in small doses. One album that’s grown on me over the last few years is the Carpenters Christmas album from the late 1970s. The Backstreet Boys’ Christmas album which they recently released is good too. My all time favorite song is “The Christmas Waltz” by Frank Sinatra, a longtime favorite of my grandmother’s.
When is the right time to play the holiday hits?
You don’t want to do it too early but by November, it’s just so tempting. Do it in bits and pieces but close to Thanksgiving, start to ramp it up. That’s just my answer but everyone has their different tastes. One more question to close off the blog.
When will we start decorating?
Around Black Friday, we will take stuff out of the attic and begin the process of putting up lights and getting the tree decorated. We decorate our house to the nines. I need to start taking notes though.
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