Christmas

I don't know about the rest of you, but I cannot wait until after Thanksgiving. My boyfriend is going to help me decorate for Christmas! It's been a long time since I've had someone willing to help, besides my son who's too young to do much.
I miss the beautiful, magical look of Christmas lights and decorated trees, the scents of Christmas such as pine, cinnamon, and all things baked, looking out the window from the warmth and safety of my home and seeing the beautiful snow cover the ground and trees (just don't make me go outside!)
Yet sadly as much as I miss all these things recently Christmas has just felt like another day lacking in all things wonderful and magical, I think that's what I miss most that childlike feeling you get on Christmas. I miss the things I can never get back like sitting with my mom, listening to Christmas music, wrapping presents, and decorating the tree, but now I have a job, a kid, my own place, etc. and it all just gets in the way. I'm afraid we never learned to adapt when things changed and now there's rules that stop the adapting I would hope for, but maybe I can find a day or two this year to get a little bit of it back.
I really hope Christmas feels more like Christmas this year