Cold weather is limiting the number of cleaning days before Christmas.
Time is running short AND the temperatures are looking more like mid-winter rather than late fall. Maybe this means a white Christmas, but before that happens there’s plenty to do before Santa leaves the North Pole.
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Are the Christmas decorations up? Are the presents purchased and wrapped? What about the food? Don’t forget the food!
Now, with all of that, there probably isn’t much time to get the exterior of your home cleaned and ready for those guests you’ve invited for the Christmas and New Year celebrations. The good news is that you only need about 15 minutes for that if you decide to contact the pressure washing professionals at Complete Power Wash in Hagerstown, MD.
Contact the CPW office today for one of the last available appointments of the year. You can click here, call 301.842.2290 or email sandy@completepowerwash.com to reach the Complete Power Wash staff in Hagerstown. Their techs are the cleaning pros who can add the “wow factor” with their house washing, roof cleaning and deck and patio cleaning services. They use the softwash technique — the correct water pressure and gentle detergents — to safely clean your property. Click here to read the CPW pressure washing reviews.
Hiring the CPW techs will add a few hours into your holiday season. Below are a few ideas that can help make this a special holiday season.
Tri-state December Happenings
The greater Hagerstown, MD area has some great events to make this a memorable December. The complete list — including The Nutcracker, Christmas markets, City Park Tree Lighting — can be seen at this link.
Christmas Traditions for Your Family
This is the perfect time of year to make memories with family and friends. Some of the holiday traditions are easy to name, such as:
- Watching Christmas movies
- Going to a Christmas concert
- Making Christmas decorations
- Cutting down and decorating a live tree
- Looking at local Christmas lights while listening to Christmas music
- Making Christmas cookies
- Playing a board game or charades
But if you want to add to this list, click on this link for some new Christmas traditions. If you’re more into sitting in front of the screen as the temperature 
drops outside, here is a list of great holiday movies:
- A Christmas Carol (several versions)
- The Grinch that Stole Christmas
- The Santa Clause
- Home Alone (and the sequels)
- Miracle on 34th Street
- It’s A Wonderful Life
- Red One (now in theaters)
Click on this link to get a complete list of the top 100 Christmas movies from the Rotten Tomatoes website.
Christmas Quotes
“A toy is never truly happy until it is loved by a child.” — Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
“I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.” – Charles Dickens
“Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love.” – Hamilton Wright Mabie
“Christmas is the season for kindling the fire of hospitality.” — Washington Irving
“For it is in giving that we receive.” — St. Francis of Assisi
December Dates to Remember
December is derived from the Latin word decem, which means “ten” because it was the tenth month of the early Roman calendar.
- Hanukkah begins at sundown on Wednesday, December 25th, and ends at sundown on Thursday, January 2nd.
- December 7 is National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. remembering those who died during this attack by the Japanese in Hawaii.
- December 15 is Bill of Rights Day (ratified in 1791), declared in 1941 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
December 21 is the Winter Solstice — the first day of winter in the Northern Hemisphere and first day of summer in the Southern Hemisphere.- December 24 is Christmas Eve, the night before Christmas.
- December 25 is Christmas Day, commemorating the birth of Jesus of Nazareth.
- December 26 is Boxing Day (Canada, UK).
- December 31 is New Years Eve, ushering out of the old year and welcoming the new one at 12:01 on January 1st.
