41 Days Till Christmas!

Things are really starting to get exciting now!

Lite 99.9 will be having their usual Christmas music kickoff at the Buschur's Home Improvement Christmas Cottage at the Mall at Fairfield Commons tomorrow at noon. They'll be there starting at 10 AM and they'll make the switch at noon. There will be hourly contests and an opportunity to be among the first to register for their $10,000 shopping spree at the mall. If you get to be there for the festivities tomorrow, please send in pictures! Also, to get everyone excited for tomorrow they're playing the occasional "sound of the season" today, so tune in and you might catch your favorite Christmas song.

The 60 ft. Blue Spruce Christmas tree has arrived downtown in preparation for the Dayton Holiday Festival! These pictures from DDN of the tree being dragged around town are pretty incredible. Thanks to my mom for the link!

I've already talked a lot about holiday events downtown, but as it turns out The Greene in Beavercreek is a pretty exciting place to be during the holiday season too. Their Christmas tree is only 50 ft. tall, but still, that's pretty big. The holiday tree lighting celebration and parade will be happening November 21 at 5:45 PM. There will be a performance by Rhythm in Shoes and a Special Wish Foundation child will get to light the tree. Additionally, you can see live reindeer every weekend from 5-9 PM starting December 5th. They're reportedly on loan from Santa, so that's pretty cool. There will be a Live Nativity every Friday and Saturday from 7-10 PM and Sunday 3-6 PM starting November 21st through December 24th, plus special times at 7-10 PM from December 18th through the 24th. The Town Square at the Greene will also feature pictures with Santa and many musical acts and costumed characters throughout the season. Full information about all their holiday activities and events can be found here.

One of the most reliable sources of great Christmas movies has traditionally been ABC Family's 25 Days of Christmas. Well, they're starting even earlier this year! Unfortunately though, the name of the event somewhat restricts that, so from the period of November 16th through November 30th they're calling it the Countdown to 25 Days of Christmas. They'll be showing lots of special movies, but starting December 1st with the actual 25 Days of Christmas is when it really gets good. Just a quick glance at their programming schedule shows almost every single one of my favorite Christmas movies! I'm so stoked for this. Their website even links to another great Christmas blog, Elfblog, that chronicles the adventures of an elf at the North Pole! Not as informative as my blog, but charming nonetheless (haha!).

Finally, I'd like to ask for anyone who reads this blog to email me at mvchristmas@gmail.com with their favorite Christmas recipe. Starting December 1st I'll feature a Christmas recipe of the day, and maybe even try a few of them myself and report on the result.

Enjoy the Christmas music tomorrow, everyone!