10/20/23
Yes, I know it’s October but now is the time to get ready for Christmas.
Do you love the holidays and the Christmas season? If so, you can start preparing now by watching holiday movies, buying presents, buying decorations, and planning holiday events.
The official Christmas countdown: https://yourchristmascountdown.com/
Holiday Movies
Hallmark’s countdown to Christmas starts today:
Read WWD, 40 Hallmark Christmas Movies to Watch in 2023: Countdown to Christmas Details
Read ET, Hallmark Channel’s 2023 Counting Down to Christmas Movie Lineup: See the Schedule!
Lifetime Christmas movies start on Nov. 18th. Read People, Lifetime’s 2023 Christmas Movie Lineup Stars Tia Mowry, Teri Hatcher, Jana Kramer and More and ET, Lifetime Holiday Movies 2023: See the Complete Schedule of Films
From Entertainment Weekly, How to watch all 108 new Christmas movies this year
I will be adding the Christmas movies to the What to Watch section of my newsletter each week.
I will also continue watching and rating these Christmas movies. Read about my 2022 viewing: Cheesy Christmas Movie Update. Follow me on Instagram to see my ratings: https://www.instagram.com/lsoffashionista/
Shopping
Start working on gift lists now. You can start shopping online or at your favorite stores.
Nordstrom has created a gift guide: Holiday Gifts
From USA Today, What would Martha do? Martha Stewart collabs with Etsy for festive Holiday Collection
Decorating
I’m sure you’ve noticed the Christmas decorations are out in stores. Take out your Christmas decorations when you put away your Halloween ones.
Most people put up Christmas decorations after Thanksgiving, but I’m going to take mine out in early November. If you buy a real tree, you should wait, but if you have a fake one, put it up early.
From Southern Living, 118 Christmas Decorating Ideas For A Beautiful Holiday Season
From House Beautiful, When should you put up your Christmas tree?
Holiday Events
I will add more events to a post in November, but you can start planning now.
Belt out the Christmas Songs with Mariah Carey Live:
From People, Mariah Carey Announces Merry Christmas One and All! 2023 Tour Dates: ‘The Actual Defrosting Has Begun’
Other events:
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