Thursday Thoughts: Enneagram Holiday

Hello!

I can’t believe it’s already Thursday. A couple of weeks into December, and I realized I hadn’t really written a holiday-ish post.

I always stop my Instagram “scroll” when I see Enneagram posts.

I’ve shared @mirabellecreation graphics in previous posts. I haven’t taken the Enneagram assessment in quite some time, but as far as I know, I’m a 5w6.

Here’s a little holiday Enneagram break down:

Enneagram 5:

• Learning the history behind holiday traditions: I do love to know the history behind traditions. I’m glad to have a few traditions in my family. It makes the holidays even more meaningful.
• Making Christmas snacks: Oh! I love Christmas snacks…especially homemade Chex mix.
• Hosting small family events: We don’t host many events these days, but I enjoy going to a few holiday parties.
• Sitting by a fire: Yes! We haven’t turned our fire place on just yet, but I can’t wait for the first fire of the season.
• Staying in bed a little longer: Yes, ma’am!
• Making homemade decor: I’ve made a few things through the years which is fun to do.

Enneagram 6:

• Watching family open thoughtful personal gifts: I wrapped quite a few gifts yesterday, and there are certain ones I can’t wait for the kids to open.
• Checking off all the traditions: I love our traditions like going to see the Christmas lights in the Horse Park and baking cookies.
• Cozy festive clothes or pjs: Yes! I have two favorite pairs of plaid flannel pjs that I keep in the pj rotation.
• Ice skating with friends: Well, I don’t know about that…I might break a hip! That being said, Hadley and friends usually end up going to the rink downtown at some point in the winter months.
• Cuddling & watching movies: I can’t wait to have some time to watch some of my favorite movies over break.
• Crafting with friends: I love to craft, but haven’t really done so in a while.

Probably ten years ago, I made this burlap tree, and I made a few as gifts. It’s one of my favorite decorations to put out. Also, for quite a few years, I had the kids make ornaments at Christmas time, and then we’d give them to family as gifts. Of course, I had them make an extra one for our tree.

More Festive Enneagram Fun:

All of these “favorites” are me! A few thoughts: It means so much to me (more than the kids realize) that we take twenty minutes to decorate the tree with favorite ornaments. This year, when Travis and I hung up our wedding ornament, that’s almost twenty years old, I asked him if he remembered how our first Christmas we hardly had any ornaments for our tree…and now we have three containers full!

I love watching others open gifts, and naps on repeat during the holidays are a must!

A few thoughts: I bake cookies with the kids every year, and the years we go to KC for Christmas, we usually make a few with my mom and Gma. This weekend, we’re baking cookies with my brother’s family, and I’m looking forward to that. As a family, we watch Home Alone at some point, and then on Christmas Day, we always watch A Christmas Story. Hadley turned on the Christmas music November 1st!

These graphics are funny too…

This one is definitely me: haha

This one too!

What are some of your holiday favorites?