Festive times
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, everywhere you go...
I love Christmas, it's my absolute favourite time of year!All the sparkly lights, the hope of snow, the evenings by the fire or snuggled in a blanket, the present hunting, the jolly Christmas tunes, the whisky and cookies by the fireplace (our Father Christmas wasn't a big fan of milk - how's that meant to keep him warm in his sleigh?), the carrots and polish for Rudolf (gotta keep his nose bright and shiny) and then the day itself: family time and an epic feast.Yesterday we got Christmas preparations underway; starting with Love, Actually to set the scene, followed by some Christmas tunes while we dug out the decs. As I assembled our little tree we realised one fatal flaw... we'd left most of our decs at Mum's as we had no room to store it! So now, we have a little tree with no lights, no star, just the few ornaments we could fit in our little cupboard. Poor little tree.Luckily (unluckily) for us, kitten has taken it upon herself to be the only decoration we need. I've spent all morning chasing her out of the tree, where she has been hitting the few decorations we have on her way to the top and trying to eat the branches - not ideal but at least she's in the spirit.Happily, I've still got another couple of Christmassy films left over for when I track down the rest of our decs and I'm always happy to break out the Christmas tunes.I've just made a start on my Christmas cards, so I can spread the Christmas mode throughout the festive season. Below are the cards I did last year, so I'm going to have to start thinking of some new designs... Pinterest here I come!
