You Might Be Obsessed With Christmas If…

Scott Norris
5 min readNov 18, 2024

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You Might Be Obsessed With Christmas If…

1. You wake up every morning singing Christmas carols

2. You name your kids Noel, Holly, or after one of Santa’s reindeer

3. You plan for Christmas 24/7/365

4. You go to Hobby Lobby in August just to browse the Christmas items

5. Your bucket list includes spending Christmas Eve in the North Pole or Bethlehem

6. You dream of ways to make it easier for Santa Claus to deliver

7. You check the skies on Christmas Eve, regardless of your age

8. You never turn down a chance to celebrate Christmas in July

9. You know what Santa is called in Morocco without having to Google it

10. Your nickname is Santa

11. You ask your friends if they would take a bath in eggnog

12. You’ve taken a bath in eggnog

13. You’ve written your own version of The Twelve Days of Christmas

14. You watch the Macy’s Day parade just for the special guest at the end

15. You record the Macy’s Day parade to see him appear again and again and again

16. Whenever someone says Santa you scream, “I know him!”

17. You dress up as Santa for Halloween

18. You detest bad covers of Christmas songs

19. You know the difference between Christmas songs and Christmas carols

20. You celebrate Christmas Eve and Christmas Day

21. You know the ingredients for wassail

22. You have Christmas tattoos and love to show them off

23. You wouldn’t mind working at Santa’s workshop

24. You’ve been a part of a Christmas miracle

25. You are convinced that it’s a wonderful life

26. Your favorite colors are red, green, and sometimes white

27. You cry when it isn’t a white Christmas even though you live in a tropical climate

28. When you say bah humbug, no one believes you

29. You don’t understand why people won’t talk about Christmas outside of December

30. Your children think Christmas lasts all year long

31. You would rather starve to death than eat reindeer

32. You brush your teeth with a candy cane

33. You have an opinion on who played the best Scrooge

34. You know who King Moonracer is

35. Your will insists that you be buried at a Christmas tree farm

36. You still write hand-written Christmas cards and expect to receive them

37. You follow Christmas pages all year long

38. You’ve created a Christmas page

39. You know what frankincense and myrrh are

40. Jules Bass is your favorite voice actor

41. You know how to throw the best Christmas party

42. The mention of Tiny Tim makes you cry

43. You put antlers and a red nose on your car

44. You read your Christmas list loudly to your husband or wife’s phone

45. You will never forget Linus’s speech

46. You drive around town to look at Christmas lights

47. You’re convinced that a 12 foot, fully decorate Christmas tree is “a modest gesture”

48. Your husband or wife can never escape the mistletoe

49. You wonder how the ox and lamb were able to keep time

50. You have an opinion as to whether or not Die Hard is a Christmas movie

51. You know why Santa wears red and white

52. You long for snow on Christmas Eve but detest it on all other days

53. You don’t think ugly Christmas sweaters are ugly

54. You wear Christmas pajamas all year long

55. You eat dinner on Christmas Eve out of a manger

56. Visions of sugar plums have danced in your head

57. You know what the miracle of 34th street was

58. You love it when the Christmas lights are the only lights in the room!

59. You buy Christmas gifts all year long and never lose track of them

60. You write Santa every year

61. Your Christmas stocking could be used as a sleeping bag

62. You are convinced that there was some magic in that old silk hat they found

63. You’ve Googled Parson Brown

64. You wonder why they’re okay with the other kids knocking down the snowman

65. You know which countries celebrate Christmas in July

66. You moved to the Philippines just because they start celebrating Christmas in September

67. You’re still mad at the Bumpuss’s dogs

68. You’ve never gotten a lump of coal for Christmas

69. You hum a few bars from Transiberian Orchestra whenever you’re excited

70. You wanted Hermey to be your dentist

71. You wear Christmas stockings as regular socks

72. You dream about the Christmas episodes of your favorite TV shows

73. You refer to Wallace and Davis as old Army buddies

74. You drink Christmas tea with every meal and you don’t like the taste of it

75. You know the second verse of Jingle Bells

76. You build a snowman every December, even if it doesn’t snow

77. You’ve never missed a Christmas Eve church service

78. You dream home has at least three Christmas trees

79. Your outdoor Christmas lights can be used as a lighthouse

80. You’ve heard Bob Rivers’ Christmas songs

81. You wonder which reindeer ran over grandma

82. You’ve designed your own Christmas theme park

83. You genuinely look forward to fruitcake

84. You’re concerned about snow, fog, and wind at the North Pole, but only on Christmas Eve

85. You’ve called the North Pole on Christmas to make sure that Santa “made it home okay”

86. King Wenceslaus is the only politician you respect

87. You’ve sided with Snowmiser or Heatmiser

88. You own a leg lamp and know that it’s a major award

89. Your office cubicle looks like a gingerbread house

90. You know exactly how long it took the Magi to visit Jesus

91. You make Christmas memes all year

92. You’ve already planned how you’ll decorate for Christmas this year, and the year after this one

93. Your co-workers hope you’ll be their Secret Santa

94. You never stop caroling until you get some figgy pudding

95. You know which version of ‘Carol of the Bells’ is best and are surprised that it isn’t obvious

96. You moved to Christmas Island

97. You’re convinced that Rudolph really did go down in history

98. You wrapped yourself as a present, on your wedding night

99. You made it to the end of this list…

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Scott Norris
Scott Norris

Written by Scott Norris

I'm just a writer, trying to make it.

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