It’s so secret that I have a sweet tooth. Christmas is the perfect season to indulge and, every year, come December 1st, I get my eating on!

I tell this story to people all the time, I love candies so much that when I was little, I used to save candy wrappers. 😀 I’d unwrap the candy, pop the candy into my mouth, then proceed to smooth out the wrapper and flatten it as much as possible.  Then I’d get out my special candy wrapper box and place it carefully inside.  And whenever I was jonesing for candies, I’d open up the box, smell the wrappers or just admire the pretty colourful sheets.

If only I’d saved those – I could have made purses with them! 😛

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Would you believe that I used to sing in the church choir?  Yup. As a tween I liked to sing but I am really not that good of a singer, so over the years I sing less and less. But I do secretly still love singing to Christmas songs. I even have a special playlist full of Christmas tunes that I look forward to playing come December (there’s a local radio station that plays 100% Christmas songs from Nov 25th till Christmas!)  There are so many renditions of popular Christmas songs, and I have some favourite versions to share today.

God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen/We Three Kings – Barenaked Ladies feat. Sarah Mclachlan:

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I love greeting cards. I love looking at them. I love collecting them.

And most of all, I love giving them!  Christmas time is the best time for a greeting card fiend like me (ecards just don’t hack it!).

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Real or Fake… Christmas trees, that is! 😉

Some people are diehard real Christmas tree devotees. Others aren’t so fussed. There are pros and cons to both. I’m rather simple myself…

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