This will be my first Christmas not in Connecticut and while I'm a little sad there is no chance of a White Christmas I'm not that upset. I was so worried that this Christmas would be drastically different than the one I had last year. It's a new house, a new state, no family around, a new dog, but it won't be as bad as I thought. Every Christmas morning in my house has been as follows: Open stockings in my mom's bed, wait for my brother and uncle to come over, give them the stockings, open presents, and then family comes over for an early dinner. This year is going to be drastically different but in a good way. The one thing that won't be changing is my brother and my uncle are coming to spend Christmas with us which makes me extremely happy, everything else will be new to us. For instance, we'll probably be opening stockings and presents on Christmas Eve because on Christmas day we will be at Disney World at Hollywood studios for a lunch at Mama Melrose's. This year will also be my dog's first Christmas with us and I'm so excited that it's been almost a year since we got her.

We also have a new house to decorate which is really strange but so much fun to work with a new space. We got a new tree as well as little trees for different rooms of the house, started buying new ornaments, have new mantle set up (which I didn't think we'd have in Florida), and new outdoor decorations.

Overall, I'll miss Christmas in Connecticut. It's not going to be the same not having our extended family over for Christmas Eve, especially since there's a new baby this year. It's going to be weird opening presents and stockings on Christmas Eve and going to Disney on Christmas. I'm going to miss the family I have up in Connecticut who won't be here for Christmas and seeing them on Christmas Day. I am excited for my first Florida Christmas and all the future Florida Christmas's to come, no matter how much I'll miss the Christmas time in my old state.