It's the beginning of December. A starry, Christmassy month scented with cinnamon, spices and tree sap. A month of preparations and tinsel, glitter and baking and yes, a certain amount of dashing around. We are certainly getting in the Christmas spirit. The Advent calendar is up (same as last year) and we'd a mammoth cake baking session at the weekend. Five cakes later we are feeling slightly sultanaed out. The sloe gin is nearly ready to be decanted and given as gifts and Santa lists have been written. Today the boys arrived home with their Christmas cards- drawn by them and then printed (as part of a school fund-raising project) they feature those well known festive characters - Wally walrus, Santa's er, lighthouse and camels, as well as a Christmas cat. Anyway I know it's easy to get frazzled by all the fuss and bother, but really this year I'm planning to enjoy every single second of it. The boys are at lovely ages where Christmas is so magical and I know that doesn't last forever. Happy Decembering!
Sounds lush, Happy Decembering from Santa's southern lighthouse! And Happy Birthday for tomorrow cc
ReplyDeleteThank you so much- and you can look forward to getting your card!!
DeleteOh it's your birthday... happy day! Mine this weekend, probably much higher numbers than yours though!
ReplyDeleteOur Christmas is very quiet, just us two old birds in our little old roost, happily snuggled down with books, a new Christmas jigsaw, nowhere to go, no duty visits to make any more, just time to do what we want, when we want. And if that's nothing more strenuous than sitting with a book, so be it. But oh I love the twinkly lights....
Happy birthday to you too! Forty *cough* two years old. I quite like a Winter birthday... Your Christmas sounds very cosy and yes, twinkly lights are my favourite!
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