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I left work tonight POSITIVELY ECSTATIC for the next 11 days.

They will be filled with friends and family, New Jersey and St. Croix. (Two very similar places, obviously.)

I left work feeling a little sad that I wasn’t fully in the Christmas spirit because I spent so much time at my desk this month.

And then I looked up and saw this.

And walked home, past Madison Square Park, understated in white Christmas lights.

I got home and opened some friends’ Christmas cards.

And saw my sweet little Christmas tree.

And thought of all the ways I’d celebrated this month:

A cookie swap.

An ugly sweater party.

A half-marathon?

A Junior League Christmas thing.

I did plenty of celebrating, but it won’t really be Christmas until I’m with my family. Given recent current events (Sandy, Newtown) and my own recent struggles, I’m going to hug them a little closer, put down my iPhone (a little bit) and enjoy every damn second.

And watch Elf everyday.

Oh, and start and finish all of my shopping this weekend. Oops.

What’s your favorite part of the holidays? Any fun travel plans next week?

Although I love love love love Christmas, it’s definitely harder as an adult to muster up the same excitement I did as a child.

But the holidays as an adult are more fun, anyway.

[photo via Ashley]

Ashley and her husband hosted their Tacky Sweater Christmas party last night, and I had so much fun catching up with some of my favorite running buddies, some girl who I spent all weekend with and Bo and Ashley’s friends.

Mistletoe is meant for eating, right?

This afternoon, I went over to my college roomie Jen’s apartment to catch up and see her tree.

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So pretty!

Jen and I would always drive back to D.C. together after Thanksgiving and blast Christmas music the entire time. Since I moved to NYC a few years ago, our new tradition became to watch Elf together for the first time that Christmas season…so we did that this afternoon.