Baby, it's WARM Outside!

It's mid-November and apparently winter has arrived. However, you wouldn't know it here in Hawaii, as we are still greeted daily with 80-90 degree weather. We have had a heavy influx of rain, but with the rain comes humidity, thus making our weather conditions that much more unbearable.  Despite the scrooge weather conditions, Marine Corps Base Hawaii has still adopted the Christmas spirit. The Lippincott household has not only embraced the Christmas Spirit but hit the ground running the day after Thanksgiving. Given that we leave our "home" one to two weeks before Christmas, we decided to decorate as soon as unheathenly possible in order to enjoy the festivities and our hard work for as long as possible. Although the weather may not have gotten the memo that the holidays are here, we are still enjoying Christmas in the islands...shorts, flip flops and all!

Getting into the Christmas spirit when your car temperature gage reads 94 degrees means putting Christmas music on the radio, cranking the car AC as low as it can go, and trying to enjoy a warm Starbucks holiday drink in the classic red cup without sweating... (although, I was still sweating if I am honest!)

This is how we get Christmas trees in Hawaii

Our 6-7 ft Noble turned out to be much taller (Jordan is 6'2")! We had to trim it so it didn't hit the ceiling.

One of my favorite parts of the Christmas season is enjoying the still-dark morning hours, coffee in hand (and AC cranked down to 74) with the ambiance of a softly lit  Christmas tree.  

My little photobombing puppy! 

Annual Santa "fly in" at Jordan's Squadron

"Mele Kalikimaka is the thing we say,

On a bright Hawaiian Christmas Day,

That's the island greeting that we send to you

From the land where palm trees sway, 

Here we know that Christmas will be green and bright,

The sun to shine all day with all the stars at ight,

Mele Kalikimaka is the thing we say

On a bright Hawaiian Christmas Day,

A very Merry Christmas,

A very Merry Christmas to you."