It's almost Wintertyde...get busy!

Today is January 3rd, 2015 right on the heels of the end of Christmas and New Year's. It's also the perfect time for "holiday blues" and "post-Christmas let-down" to find new victims...just like the flu. Inoculate youself, family, and household with Wintertyde! There's a ton of work to do before the first day of Wintertyde on January 7th. Here's a shortlist that demands your attention now.

1. Put away the last of the Christmastide decor for a nice rest. 2. Get your Wintertyde calendar up in the kitchen. Use a 50% off 2015 calendar with Wintertyde blocked out...January 7th through March 6th. 3. Prep your hoppin' John feast for Wintertyde Day on Wednesday, January 7th.

4. Make sure your Wintertyde wreaths are ready for displaying on Wintertyde Eve, January 6th or on the 7th. Ditto for your Wintertyde tabletop snowflake tree. 5. Select new linens for the bathrooms...new towels and shower curtain. Use a chickadee motif.

www.etsy.com 6. Speaking of chickadees, is your birdfeeder in place outside a window that is used a lot? Is it easily-accessible for filling with food? Recall that chickadee's will eat from your hands, so is there a good pace to stand to attract them? Order a book on chickadees for your reading and coffee table.

7. Did you select a string of CLEAR or WHITE lights for your exterior and interior Wintertyde displays? 8. Have you purchased your gifts to give on Wintertyde day, such as silver snowflakes or porcelain chickadees? 9. Recall that your Saint Brigit's Day displays get added on January 18th to lead into her day on February 1st. Get crosses you like for indoors and outdoors: Try for starters this 3 x 3 from: http://www.churchsupplywarehouse.com/catalog_product.asp_Q_categoryId_E_93_A_subcategoryId_E_719_A_categoryItemId_E_28041

Also, plan for indoor and outdoor use. Place them on your wreaths and in your tree for January 18th through February 1st.

Finally, be advised that Saint Brigit's Day fall on Super Bowl Sunday in 2015.

Then, January 2nd is Candlemas and Groundhog Day. This means a 48-hour Wintertyde marathon. Prep your Irish stew and beer feast for Super Bowl Sunday plus buffalo wings, chips, more beer, etc. Have your candle display up and ready for Candlemas on January 2nd. Prep your flapjacks and sausage dinner for Groundhog Day (Pork sausage is, after all, "ground hog.")

Whew! Who has time to get depressed and mopey?! Postscript: Remember to order your Wintertyde tree ornaments ASAP as time is running out!

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