We're just going to get sick of looking at it by the time Christmas rolls around.
* roll around: to happen or arrive again
ex> Every time my birthday rolls around, I am afraid that no one will remember and make a fool of myself telling everyone.
Do we have to go over this every year? It's a tradition in my family to put up the tree on the first Friday in December.
* go over: to review something that has already been learned or discussed
= run over; look over; read over
ex> The performance is in only one hour, so I think we should go over the finale one more time.
Don't be so flippant about my family's traditions just because your family's long-standing tradition is to not get together for Christmas.
* flippant: dismissive or disrespectful
ex> The teenager gave a flippant answer when the police officer asked him what he saw.
We're starting a new one this year: we'll have a knock-down, drag-out family argument over Skype on Christmas Eve and then not talk to each other again until Easter.
* knock-down, drag-out: very angry and violent
ex> The board of directors engaged in a knock-down, drag-out fight over who would succeed the chairman.
You mean the funny looking ones made out of macaroni and dough? I thought they were devoured by mice last year.
* devour: to eat all of sth quickly or hungrily
ex> After the marathon, John devoured an entire pizza, two chickens and two liters of milk.
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