Day 2 Assignment: Lists

Let me preface this post by saying that I am not in way a Grinch or Scrooge. I LOVE Christmas. But for day two of Writing: Finding Everyday Inspiration I had to come up with a list.

Although I’m no Grinch, there are some things that annoy me about this wonderful holiday.

The 12 Annoyances of Christmas

1. The church up the street from us having their tree up since Halloween.
2. Everyone, especially stores, “celebrating” so early.
3. Gaining weight (can you say “good food?”).
4. Commercialism.
5. Cold (although today is about 60 degrees here and it’s freezing to us, the rest of the country would probably kill for that).
6. Crowds.
7. Pressure of finding the right gift for everyone.
8. Candy canes (not really an annoyance, I just can’t stand them).
9. Not being able to put my tree up in my room this year (sorry, small black puppy, I’m not really annoyed…).
10. Any Elvis Christmas music.
11. Having to burn a pine-scented candle for a Christmas-y smell (our tree is fake).
12. Sports on TV on Christmas (I have no idea why it annoys me, it just does).