I like all the Christmas decorations, my roommates prefers none. So over the last few weeks I was nervously asking her if I could put Christmas decorations up in the common house areas ( I had asked her 3 times and she said yes so I had 5 small decorations up,and no tree) Then my bedroom has all the rest of my Christmas decorations I made / own.

Well the other day during dinner at a restaurant she said/did something... and I made a “joke” I always knew you didn’t like me . So Later that evening when it’s just us back home she questioned me on if it was a joke or if I believed that. I said mostly a joke, I know it’s not true but part of me believes it because of past hurt from people you sort of remind me of..... we had a good talk I explained why I love Christmas even though parts of it suck, and she explained how she more hates memories of past Christmas experiences then Christmas stuff.

So the next day I go to work and she is off. I come home and the common areas are noticeably decorated for Christmas. It’s definitely not the Christmas crazy I’m used to but it’s also not the minimal barely Christmas I was trying to get used to. She did it for me to prove that she doesn’t hate me and to try this year to make good Christmas memories and actually celebrate the holiday. I was speechless, the was the best thing she could have done for me that I never expected her to do.