20 Signs You're Obsessed With the Holidays
Let's be real - you can't get enough of the holidays, and you don't care who knows about it.
By:
Erica Reitman
1. You have a dedicated shelf in your closet for Christmas-scented candles, and your house smells like a delicious cinnamon bun.
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2. You’ve tapped out all the standard Christmas music stations, so you’ve started listening to Christmas favorites in different languages.
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3. You wear a Santa hat to yoga class.
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4. You choose a new color scheme each year for your Christmas cookie tins.
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5. Dogs are included in holiday photo shoots, right? We say, definitely yes.
6. You’ve been perfecting your eggnog smoothie recipe since Labor Day. Yep, eggnog smoothies are a thing now.
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7. You’ve renamed the attic "The Christmas Storage Space".
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8. Your Christmas tree ornaments are more organized than your jewelry collection.
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9. You physically cannot answer the question, "How many Christmas trees are too many?"
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10. You’ve canceled all of your magazine subscriptions, but you have a stack of Christmas recipe magazines dating back to the '70s.
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11. You have an inexplicable romantic crush on the Grinch. Yep, that Grinch.
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12. You’ve seriously considered moving furniture into a storage space for the month of December to accommodate all of your holiday decorations.
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13. Speaking of your ornament collection, you love them more than certain members of your family (who shall remain nameless).
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14. You always have 10-12 wrapped Christmas gifts on deck — just in case.
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15. You’ve been called the Christmas Gift Whisperer by more than one friend, and you wear the badge with honor.
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16. You’ve been known to spend more money on wrapping paper than the gift.
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17. Nobody in the history of ever has regifted any of your white elephant presents.
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18. You create a formal Google doc for your kids to submit their Christmas gift wish lists each year.
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19. You don’t think any Christmas sweaters are ugly. Not a one.
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20. Your elf never sits on a shelf. He or she has a spot on the sofa like the rest of the family.
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