The man is
better prepared than I am. He has been practising for Christmas for weeks now
by wandering around the kitchen with a bottle of beer in one hand, a box of
chocolates in the other and getting in my way.
At least I've got the Christmas decorations down to a fine art. In our first Christmas together in our new house - many, many years ago - I decked our walls with boughs of holly, plus miles of streamers and tinsel. Every surface was covered with some sparkly festive ornament, from bowls of gold pebbles and pine cones to Christmas candles and miniature Santas. The tree was a work of art - a real one, naturally, so covered with gewgaws and baubles that it may as well have been artificial as not a green bough was to be seen.
I, in my innocence, was delighted with the Santa's grotto ambiance - until January 6 when I had to take the whole blooming lot down again.
They wander in, admire the decorations and then cry out, mortally offended: "Where's that candleholder I made you when I was in Year Two?" So it's back into the decorations box to dig out a misshapen lump of glittery purple plaster with a hole in the middle and the broken candle lying limply at its side. Hence, scattered among the elegant ornaments is a Father Christmas wearing sun-glasses, an angel with two broken wings and a crooked halo and a selection of papier mache tree hangings in various shapes and sizes.
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The tree started rising yesterday.
ReplyDeleteWe did our decorating the day after our Thanksgiving. I'm just about finished shopping, but I am still crocheting a small tree.
ReplyDeleteI'm flattered to be called one of your favorite bloggers. You're one of mine as well. I'm not doing much this year in the way of decorating.
ReplyDeleteThe only Christamssy thing in my home is the Advent calendar with the first window opened this morning. I need to get my cards written tonight and posted tomorrow and hope they get where they are going in good time.
ReplyDeleteI haven't sent cards in years. ~hangs head~ I hung a wreath outside but that's all and there probably will be little else. Anyway, thank you for the giggles.
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