The wait is over!
The moment we’ve all been waiting for is finally here-the start of the most wonderful time of the year!
As soon as the clock strikes midnight on November 1st, it is officially time to put up all your Christmas decorations and bust out your favorite Holiday movies.
Anyone who says otherwise can kiss my grits!

Also, if any of you say, “Well, what about Thanksgiving”? The best answer to that is, “What about it?”
Let’s just say we are starting the Christmas season a little early this year, and that’s perfectly okay. The world needs a little cheer, lights, corny yet funny movies playing, and a little razzle-dazzle.
How I’m looking after myself this weekend
Starting today, I am looking after myself by taking down all of my Halloween decor, cleaning my house, and starting on my Christmas decorations. I will begin my Christmas wonderland, a cozy and festive space filled with twinkling lights, garlands, and ornaments, during the day and retreat to my room with a bottle of wine at night and watch Christmas movies.
How are you looking after yourself this weekend?
I would love to know how y’all are looking after yourself, and I’m excited to hear about your holiday traditions. Please share the approximate date that you begin to decorate your house for the Holidays.
You could have chosen any blog to read, but you chose mine, and I’m honored!
~Belladonna~


Love that character, Flo! 💋 Carry on with your cheerful Christmas self. 🎄 Thanks for the smiles!
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Flo was so funny! Putting up decorations now.
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She sure was and you are adorably inspiring! Have fun my Merry Sis! 🤶🏽🙌🏻
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Thank you my beautiful friend!
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Putting up Christmas decors is fun (and always makes me nostalgic, remembering my childhood days I would help out my parents and grandparents setting them up).
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Awww I know those are great memories for you.
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The world definitely needs more cheer. Have fun decorating for Christmas. 🎄
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Thank you, and yes we need A LOT of it!
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Nothing on agenda this weekend.
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🌺
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Interesting… I can smell Christmas in the air, already.
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Me too Benjamin and I love it!
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I started to watch my first corny Christmas movie of the season yesterday. As for the decorations, I think I’ll wait for the weather to get a little colder. Strange, I know. 🤓
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Know I totally get it! What movie did you watch?
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It’s not one I’d recommend. It’s one of those Hallmark types that has a story that’s in no way new. So, I stopped watching within 20 minutes. 😁
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LOLOLOLOLOL
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Hey, glad your excited. Holidays are the worst time of year for me. My family traditional celebration died when my father passed away. No one enjoyed the Holidays more than him. However, I do love the decorations and I do my house up every year. I do volunteer work at food kitchens it helps me to be with others during this time of year.
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I’m so sorry! You are going great by keeping that good spirit going and I’m sure your dad is proud of you. You’re a great person!
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Light it up Belladonna ❤ !!!! The best time of the year and hope your season is cheerful, merry with many miracles ~ 🙂 !!!
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Thanks girlie!!! I hope your season is merry too.
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You do you, Bella. Ain’t nobody’s business how or why or what, I say!
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Ain’t that the truth!
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Love it! Do you boo.😍
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Thanks girlie!
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Alright now Flo! 😜 You get your Christmas spirit on girlfriend, and celebrate like you never celebrated before Queen B! Oh the happy moments to celebrate life! 🎅🏽🎄✨🤶🏽🦌
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Thank you beautiful! My house is starting to look like a winter wonder land.
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Thank you for sharing. I love Alice and Alice doesn’t live here anymore. Inspiration for that photo. It is a great time of year. Thank you for sharing. 😊
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We all need a little sassy Alice in our life, she was great! Thank you so much Anthony.
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I love Christmas movies which I watch religiously. They are such hope raisers.
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That’s a great way to describe them, I definitely agree!
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I wiil try to watch it…
Thank’s for share.
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Thank you!
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A pleasure!
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I don’t know the movie or TV series the photo is from. I won’t kiss your gits either 😉 … but I am only decorating on 1st December. Some of the neighbours have already their light garlands out. I think that they never take them down, so that they just have to switch them on. I would like to have some of these icicle chains for along the roof, that looks so cosy. We don’t have room for a Christmas tree in the new house, but we put the decorations wherever.
Have fun, dear Bella! I am sure you are having a great weekend!
We looked after ourselves with fitness training, good food and music playing. It was nice!
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You sound like you had a great weekend!
The icicles are pretty! LOL the tv show she’s froom is called Mel’s Diner and she was sassy and witty.
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Maybe I can find it on YouTube. So much is to be found there nowadays.
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So true and pinterest.
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Yay! Yes to Christmas decorations
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Yessss it’s timeeee. LOL
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Yes
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Yeah, I’m going to start earlier this year. I’m ready for it!
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Love to know that, spread that cheer Dawn!
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Have a fun time! This week I had a great time with friends and relatives on the occasion of Diwali.
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So much fun! Happy Diwali my friend.
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You’re so very welcome 🙏
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I went to Fogo De Chao yesterday, large Christmas tree 🎄 in the bar, lol 😆 You would’ve loved it 🤣. It was beautiful 😍 I personally don’t put up a tree until after Thanksgiving. I don’t even want to hear Christmas music until after Thanksgiving lol But i love people that decorate early, it makes me happy. We need more happiness and kindness
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First off I love that restaurant and love how that they decorated already. If you were to see my house you would be in a winter wonderland. LOLOLOL
I went wild this year again. Pics coming soon!
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Well good for you! Whatever floats your boat is good! Same tradition here. We all go get the tree the day after TG.. xo💕
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I just can’t help myself! LOL
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🙌🏽😂💗
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November is the month when you just sit back and relax. The year is almost over, and the next one is about to come. ( I like November because it’s my birthday lol).
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Ohhhh I see! LOL
Happy Birthday my friend, my husbands is in a week.
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Nice! hope you guys have fun
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Same to you!
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