Haulin' Out the HOLLY!

It's that time of the year again......
With the promise of an excellent weather day and with the Steeler game coming on at 4:30, we decided it was a good day to banish all the pumpkins and remnants of the Fall holidays and decorate outside for the Season.....
I don't know about what goes on at your house but holiday decorating as a couple can be the perfect platform for a bit of bickering.   After 30+ years of hauling out the decorations, hanging the lights and making things look merry with my betrothed, I now come prepared for the inevitable  CHRISTMAS DECORATING FIGHT.  
How? You ask....
Well, for starters---I plan for a mid-day martini HAPPY HOUR.
I make sure I have his favorite vodka and stuffed olives and my favorite gin and a nice cucumber to cut up and float in my drink.  
I make sure we each have something we like to eat with our martinis.....
What he likes.
What I like. 
Secondly, I keep something aromatic cooking in the crock pot that he just loves  and buy a bottle of his favorite dinner wine to go with it as a reward for getting all  the decorating is done.
That's how I make it the most wonderful time of the year.....