Now I know it's right!

Last Thursday night I had been wandering around at Jakominiplatz, the main square and the little streets around there together with Kathy. I have to admit that our final destination was the Molly Maloon's, but that is not so important now. As we were walking we glanced at all the beautiful light arrangement that decorate the streets. They look great and walking there is very romantic! Still, it felt not right to me. I was not in mood for a that romantic lights, nor did it feel like Christmas time has begun. It did not feel right to me at all! The same way it was not right to me that a lot of shops started selling Christmas stuff already beginning in October. (I don't want to say it, but maybe even September!)
Yesterday, however, something great happened to me – again. It happens every year. As I was driving with my car from my hometown to a nearby city, where I was invited to a Christmas party form the Red Cross team I work in, I heard a certain song on the radio. What happened then happens to me every year about that time: The song starts playing and exactly in that moment it gives me goose pimples!It spreads from my neck down the spine, to my arms and my thighs. The song is called "Wonderful Dream (Holidays Are Coming)" by Melanie Thornton.

In that very moment I know that Christmas time has begun for me. Not because it was December 1, but because I heard that romanticizing song. It changes something in my mind that makes me love that time so much. The romantic candle light in the living room, the smell of gingerbread, oranges and cinnamon and, yes, also the lights that decorate the streets. That song makes me feel that now I know it's right! Most of you will also know that it was originally created for the Coca-Cola Christmas campaign (the one with the trucks). The jingle was already used in 1996 and 2001 the song was created by Melanie Thornton and others. In that year the singer died in a plane crash.
Today, in the morning, in my hometown, as I woke up in my bed it also started snowing thick flakes and it kept snowing the whole day. On the radio they play Christmas songs all day and my Mum had decorated the house so lovely. This one goes to Kathy: Now you know I am no Grinch, I love Christmas, I adore it!