This year has been a bit off. Last year though it was both decorations and Christmas movies that Drew introduced me to. He is trying his damnedest to get my mother and I better at Christmas!
On the whole getting into the "Christmas Spirit" is very new. Like starting-last-year new. Music just annoys me if it's overkilled like on the radio or in stores, so like [MENTION=8]Diana[/MENTION] I tend to save it -- when I'm with my mom on Eve and Day. Old school movies that were stop motion also bring a smile to my face and warm-fuzzy feelings of Christmases when I was a kid and it still had a lot of its magic. Rudolph, The Magic Snowman, Abominable, the Raisin guys... I still remember all too clearly sitting in front of the TV getting yelled at to back away with the lights of the Christmas tree at my back, the rest of the room dark, in my worn down PJs with maybe a snack or a warm drink watching the reruns of those classics.
I would consider an ideal happy holiday scene as a very stereotypical, gushy, romantic one. There are few variations to it but they all involve holding paws and cuddling as the basis. One is at the beach sitting by a fire under a hut that's been decked out with lights, watching the sunset with soft Christmas music playing and some good sulfite free wine, me leaning against him (or vice versa) and just enjoying each other's company. The other scene is indoors, same scenario, but in front of the Christmas tree instead of watching the sunset.
