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CHRIIIIIIISSSTMMAAAAAAAAADDDDD!!!
Yup, we love Christmad here. Would love to blame 4yo, but we've always been that way.
One of the excitements about the plot has been growing things for Christmad dinner - this year just swede, parsnips and leeks. Next year I'm tackling sprouts!
We have a truly enormous tree, chosen en famille from our local forestry commission place. The 4yo has his own smaller one he gets to decorate any way he likes. Mostly by stealing decorations from the big tree...
We make sure the fire is lit, and sometimes toast crumpets. We often roast chestnuts.
The Christmad feast is vast, even if there's just the three of us. We eat the leftovers for months. (Frozen turkey for curries, frozen pork for stir fries, frozen veg for bubble and squeak.... mmmmm)
We have heirlooms that come out every year. And we tell the same stories, with embellishments, each year, too. There must always be Crabtree and Evelyn's 'Noel' scented candles. Last time I counted, the Christmad decorations and doo-dads had reached six large boxes.
We sing. Lots. We snuggle and watch movies. I strew the house with holly, ivy, and pine branches.
We check the smoke alarms. ;-)
On Christmad Eve we watch National Lampoon's Christmad Vacation. Every year. We read "On The Night Before Christmad" on Christmad Eve, too
We all have stockings. They all have a clementine in them. My late Mum made them. We have hand-made textile advent calendars. Mum made them, too.
I will even confess to Christmad china, towels and cushions! But, again, they were hand made or gifts from family.
Husband must have a Turkey-Lurkey Sandwich as supper on Christmad Day. And it must be called a Turkey-Lurkey Sandwich.
All of these things make me happy, in a deep, warm, love-of-my-family-here-we-are-again way. Mostly it's just us three at Christmad. We do the family travelling the week before, and around New Year, including the legendary Husband's family pre-Christmad Christmad dinner, with 12+ adults and a scattering of children.
In my defense, though, I never think that everyone should be the same way, or complain about other scroogeyness, unless they're being critical of us for enjoying ourselves and harming no-one. And by far the best Christmad we've ever had was the one where we were flat broke, the tree was hand cut from the woods where Husband was doing some forestry work, and carried home (a mile plus) by him. The decorations were cut from cardboard boxes and put up with string.
CHRIIIIIIISSSTMMAAAAAAAAADDDDD!!!
Yup, we love Christmad here. Would love to blame 4yo, but we've always been that way.
One of the excitements about the plot has been growing things for Christmad dinner - this year just swede, parsnips and leeks. Next year I'm tackling sprouts!
We have a truly enormous tree, chosen en famille from our local forestry commission place. The 4yo has his own smaller one he gets to decorate any way he likes. Mostly by stealing decorations from the big tree...
We make sure the fire is lit, and sometimes toast crumpets. We often roast chestnuts.
The Christmad feast is vast, even if there's just the three of us. We eat the leftovers for months. (Frozen turkey for curries, frozen pork for stir fries, frozen veg for bubble and squeak.... mmmmm)
We have heirlooms that come out every year. And we tell the same stories, with embellishments, each year, too. There must always be Crabtree and Evelyn's 'Noel' scented candles. Last time I counted, the Christmad decorations and doo-dads had reached six large boxes.
We sing. Lots. We snuggle and watch movies. I strew the house with holly, ivy, and pine branches.
We check the smoke alarms. ;-)
On Christmad Eve we watch National Lampoon's Christmad Vacation. Every year. We read "On The Night Before Christmad" on Christmad Eve, too
We all have stockings. They all have a clementine in them. My late Mum made them. We have hand-made textile advent calendars. Mum made them, too.
I will even confess to Christmad china, towels and cushions! But, again, they were hand made or gifts from family.
Husband must have a Turkey-Lurkey Sandwich as supper on Christmad Day. And it must be called a Turkey-Lurkey Sandwich.
All of these things make me happy, in a deep, warm, love-of-my-family-here-we-are-again way. Mostly it's just us three at Christmad. We do the family travelling the week before, and around New Year, including the legendary Husband's family pre-Christmad Christmad dinner, with 12+ adults and a scattering of children.
In my defense, though, I never think that everyone should be the same way, or complain about other scroogeyness, unless they're being critical of us for enjoying ourselves and harming no-one. And by far the best Christmad we've ever had was the one where we were flat broke, the tree was hand cut from the woods where Husband was doing some forestry work, and carried home (a mile plus) by him. The decorations were cut from cardboard boxes and put up with string.
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