Teagan has challenged us to create posts about
Christmas in July in
Teagan Geneviene’s Christmas in July  blog hop!

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To get in the spirit, we put up a huge cut-out poster of a tree…
and added curly bits of ribbon!
They dangle from the rafters and twirl in the hot July air!

No one else in our family will cook for Christmas in July, sadly…
And candy is SO time consuming!
But early on we make dozens of STAR cookies and
gift them to put others in the spirit!
No one can resist a star-shaped cookie!

For the recipe for 13 Shortbread Christmas Cookie
click through and remember that you can
eat the RAW dough because, NO EGGS!
(Eating raw dough is the best part, admit it!)

Eating the last of our Easter chocolates is festive,
and thsi big guy became the Christmas Bunny!
Especially the wrapped chocolate eggs!

We are lazy and never take down our twinkle lights…
I knew our laziness would someday be rewarded!
All we have to do is plug them in!

OOOOH, Sparkly!

Our neighbors have not appreciated
our caroling in the light of day at 9:30pm!
They ask us many many questions,
and don’t want to go to visit Teagan’s blog!

We don’t care, because the PLASTIC MISTLETOE
in every room of the house
gives us lots of excuses to play kissyface in July…
As if we need an excuse!

And as a reminder we practice
24 days of GRATITUDE leading up to July 24th!

On the 24th, we’ll roast a curried chicken,
set the table with our Christmas plates and tablecloth,
and stuff ourselves, then prepare for a nap,
imagining we’ve had curried TURKEY!

Before we fall asleep,
we open our gifts!
More candy, many many toys for the cats,
any excuse for a new fountain pen,
and our annual Christmas in July mugs
filled with spirited iced tea!

Happy Christmas in July!

Head on over to Christmas in July
tell us all about your holiday!