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Merry, Merry Christmas

12/25/17 | Christmas

For those of you who celebrate, I hope you had a great weekend leading up to today and a very, very Merry Christmas if you choose to celebrate! I will be spending time with my immediate family here in Florida with a very similar Christmas morning to what we have been doing for 30 years – presents, breakfast, and sing-along to the top Christmas carols. In our family that is lead by the Michael Bublé Christmas album and usually involves crepes with jam, brown sugar, and powdered sugar as a mid-present break – yum! 

By mid day though, that is where the traditional New York Christmas plans take a turn because it sunny Florida Christmas morning is usually followed by family golf or a trip to the beach.  This year, I think it will be a bit of both and then the early evening a cocktail party and perhaps a movie – I am voting for Pitch Perfect 3!   It will be a very busy Christmas indeed, but we are a “doing” family, not a sitting family. 

Christmas Tree 2017

How will you be spending Christmas? 

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Comments

  1. Aimee says

    December 28, 2017 at 11:08 am

    Just catching up on your blog which I love by the way. I thankfully got to spend it with my family… such a wonderful time of the year to be thankful. I hope that you had a great holiday.

    Aimee

  2. Liz says

    December 27, 2017 at 3:36 pm

    I am very lucky and will be with my wonderful family.

    I hope that you have a great Christmas too!

  3. Debbie P says

    December 25, 2017 at 7:51 am

    Merry Christmas to you and yours!

Hi, I am Kelly and welcome to Sparkles and Shoes, a fashion, travel, and lifestyle blog founded in 2012.  After six years of living in London I am back in New York with my husband and two littles! 

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