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Wishing all who celebrate a very Merry CHRISTMAS, 🎄🎁 🎅

Happy Christmas Eve Eve to all who celebrate!

Once again the Littens from Nashville (and surrounds) had our Christmas IRL meetup! We always end up with inadvertant themes and this year seemed to be Mothman, Trader Joe‘s treats and TSwift! Love all these ladies and so glad to have this friendship!

#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii I only have one photo for this this week.
1. My Amaralis flower is ready to bloom
2. The post office went back to work. But no mail yet. They told us not to mail anything yet!
3. My daughter is going g to spend Christmas with us
4. All my Markets are done. It's time for a break.
5. #WinterGames24 is going well. Go Team @HolidayBookDragons

It‘s here!! @OndinetheSea #littlechristmasswap 🎄

Im so excited to open it!! Now to stash it away until January!

Its here!!! @candc320 Let the waiting begin!! 🎄

#jolabokaflodswap24

Ha….I got 26. I know all the “old” artists songs.
Favorites…..Baby, It‘s Cold Outside, Jingle Bell Rock, White Christmas

#TLT @dabbe

I finally got my tree up! I didn‘t put the ornaments on it yet but it‘s up! 🎄

Swaps are headed out today!
My #LCS is on the way to @CSeydel and my #jolabokaflodswap is on its way to @MittenGirlPeach @MaleficentBookDragon

Thank you #jolabokaflodswap - both arrived today! I know one is from @BarbaraBB as Netherlands post are very good at updating their customers 🤣. Thanks @MaleficentBookDragon for organising again! Mine should go out Monday, will take a pic!

What‘s your favorite holiday songs??

My favorite is Christmas in the Sand by Colbie Cahillat .

I got 33. My favorites: Elf, Home Alone and Miracle on 34th Street (original one).
@dabbe #TLT

Celebrating Cousinmas tonight and I just really love my table scape.

1. Both? I really only like Anderson-Erickson Dairy‘s egg nog but I can‘t get that here in Michigan.
2. Christmas Day with the exception of a book exchange that my aunt, grandma, and I do and then my son gets a box that has his matching pjs, a book, and a dvd in it.
3. A star (though I grew up with an angel)
4. Prime rib!!
5. Stay home. My husband usually works Christmas so we stay close to home for him
#xmaschacha @StayCurious

Reading a Christmas book at Starbucks (that isn‘t in the Litsy library) and just had to buy a cup and a cookie 🤷🏻‍♀️

A true Litsy tradition. Come sign up! See the page of @MaleficentBookDragon for the form.

#Jolabokaflodswap

Here‘s a fun, low-key swap….and can‘t we all use a little fun in our lives these days? Visit @bookish_wookish for sign up details.

Just signed up for this fun swap! You can find the i for on the page of @bookish_wookish

The Christmas swap season has begun. Check out @Avanders page to sign up!!!!

Here are the gift tags I just finished #litsycrafters @Catsandbooks

1. Who can ever pick?? I read so many good ones this year… I guess Ink, Blood, Sister, Scribe
2. Probably When I‘m Dead by Hannah Morrissey
3. Just hanging out with the (adult) kids, maybe we‘ll go to a bar and maybe we‘ll stay in
4. We do not! It‘s mostly a pajama day here
5. Green and brown, we have tons of lovely evergreens! And it doesn‘t snow here but it did get chilly.
#wintergames #SantasBookShELVES

Merry Christmas, Litsy friends! Hope you‘re having a wonderful day! 🎄🎅🎁

Thanks so much @Jadams1776 for the book and yummy chocolate! Merry Christmas!

#jolabokaflodswap

@MaleficentBookDragon

Thank you so much for the book and yummy chocolate @faelinwolf ! I‘ll look forward to reading the book since it comes highly recommended. 😉😉 Merry Christmas!

Thanks for hosting again @MaleficentBookDragon ! Merry Christmas!

#JolabokaflodSwap

Team #RestingGrinchFace Posting this today for #WinterGames because tomorrow is Christmas, and we might be busy. The #WinterGames week 4 is given today. Enjoy this one, and don't forget week 3 is still going on until Jan 1. @AmandaBlaze @Airykah13 @Coueriamb @katiekat311 @tdrosebud @RedxoHearts @Sarahreadstoomuch @Bookworm54

#TeamReindeerGamers #WinterGames because tomorrow is Christmas, and we might be busy. The #WinterGames week 4 is given today. Enjoy this one, and don't forget week 3 is still going on until Jan 1 @annahenke @kezzlou85 @JessClark78 @Karons1 @MatchlessMarie @aperfectmjk @TorieStorieS @Bluebird

To all who celebrate…..wishing you a very Merry Christmas!

Thank you for Christmas card, @Librarybelle Enjoy your holiday!!

I‘m kinda feeling meh about Christmas this year and it feels as though I am going through the motions at the moment.

Thanks for the tag, @peanutnine !!

1. While it doesn‘t get very cold here in Florida, when it does my favorite wintery beverage is a hot chai latte

2. It changes but the most prevalent one is 🎶Rockin Around the Christmas Tree🎶 or whatever it‘s called 🤣

3. I love getting under double blankets, putting on some fireplace ASMR on YouTube, and reading before the (fake) fire

#WondrousWednesday @Eggs

Hey #GhostsofXmas team! I‘ve been seeing you tagging me in posts for the last week and I‘ve wanted to participate but I was in Disney World last week - absolute blast (though the Christmas party could‘ve been warmer 😂)! Just didn‘t want anyone to think I was ignoring you!

But I‘m home now and getting back into reading. I‘m excited to start posting all the time and wrack up some points with games and of course reading!

@BookwormAHN #wintergames

🎄The angel on top of the tree!
🎄My mom - she left us way too soon (1939 - 1991)
🎄Usually the outside lights. The indoor tree goes up last because we like to keep it up at least until 1/5.

@Eggs #wondrouswednesday

1. Cookies
2. @tiedyedude
3. The tree

#wondrouswednesday @eggs

🎅 Annual dr checkup then to work. Then hopefully pouring into #wintergames

🤶 I need to finish Us Against You (which will be helpful for my atoz bingo board), Homecoming, and No Time Like the Past. My first Christmas read will probably be A Christmas Carol because I ❤️ it.

#Snowangels

@emilymdxn @kwmg40 @5feet.of.fury @Nessavamusic @sblbooks @MsRadioSilence @CogsOfEncouragement

❄️Tomorrow I‘ll be working, then I plan on getting some Christmas decorations up, I‘m not doing everything as we won‘t be home for Christmas, but I want some holiday cheer!
❄️ I‘ll be finishing up Kindred by Octavia Butler and starting up The Mystery Guest by Nita Prose and maybe some other reads too!
#WinterGames #SnowAngels

@emilymdxn @kwmg40 @texreader @5feet.of.fury @sblbooks @msradiosilence @CogsOfEncouragement

Last day to get those early bird points Team #restinggrinchface ! #WinterGames Please tag me in your posts so I can cheer you on! Please keep track of your points, we‘ll have check ins where I‘ll tally points. @Airykah13 @katiekat311 @Bookworm54 @AmandaBlaze @tdrosebud @Coueriamb @Sarahreadstoomuch

1. Yes, just a tree (due to laziness - I'd love to have Grizwald level home decor).
2. The tree. I turn it on in the morning, and it sits by the fireplace. It makes me happy just being in the same room with it.
3. Do They Know It's Christmas - I had that one as one of those tiny record singles when I was a kid. Also, Christmas in Dixie is a sentimental favorite, and I love Pentatonix Christmas songs.

#wondrouswednesday
@Eggs

Here‘s my TBR for #wintergames 😄📚🎄 So excited for December!! @BookwormAHN

💚 Terry‘s Chocolate orange but I also love ginger snaps. Peppermint bark too!
❤️Christmas movie marathons
💚 I like the games
❤️ Oh there‘s a lot, half the year is winter😂 Maybe snowmobiling or going to the sugar bush every year. For some reason I have a lot of fun memories of jumping into snowbanks.

#WinterGames #GingerbreadGems

Putting together my December #bookspin list full of holiday books and realized that instead of green and read, it‘s I retesting that they tend to have a blue color palette. Also just noticed the type of “read” instead of red but it feels totally appropriate so I‘m keeping it 😂

And just like that, it‘s Christmastime. LOL 🎄

Happy Black Friday to all who observe. I‘ll be on my couch reading.

I need some recommendations! For my church book club, I want to use a Christmas-themed book next month. I need something light-hearted, maybe a cozy mystery (like 12 Slays of Christmas), not too long, and no spicy romance. Please help!

Are there any christmas card swaps on this year? #cardswaps #litsyevents

One of the most beloved swaps on Litsy has just been posted. Check out the page of @MaleficentBookDragon to sign up!!!

I haven‘t done a swap all year, mostly because of finances, but I can‘t pass up my favorite one. Already signed up—you all should sign up, too! See @MaleficentBookDragon for sign-ups

I just signed up! Hoping to lower my TBR and have a lot of holiday fun! 🥰💛. Check the sign up link on @StayCurious or @Clwojick page.

We are in it right now. Wes is still not sleeping in his bed and just endlessly screaming. We don‘t know what to do anymore.

We have one more Christmas to go, but here are my favorite bookish Christmas presents so far! I thought the bag would be bigger but it should still be ok for our library trips. The pouch is for my kindle to go in my purse bc I have a book cover on it and it gets a little banged up sometimes.

These 3 lovely cards arrived today ! Thank you Carolyn and Paula , and thank you Jessie. What a dotey little bookmark Jessie 🥰 Thankyou All for thinking of me XXX

My newest t-shirt - Christmas gift from my mom. ☺

Hey everyone, I graduated from college! I got a BA in history and I‘m now applying to graduate school in political science. I also finished my senior thesis, which ended up being 78 pages long… It‘s titled, In the Shadows of Brotherhood: Analyzing Three Women‘s Gendered Political Roles, Contributions, and Alternative Discourses in the Club of Great Powers During the Late Bronze Age (1500-1200 BC). I start a new job at Barnes and Noble tomorrow!