Merry Christmas to all who celebrate! Happy Thursday for those who don’t! And thank you for your service to anyone who has to work today!
Welcome to the last of The Five Blogs of Christmas!
The few things we’ve done for Christmas in the last bunch of years have mainly been performative – I insist on a fresh wreath inside our front door for the beautiful smell and our annual trek around the crazy Christmas light neighborhood (Click here full post). Holiday music isn’t allowed until after Thanksgiving. Our only stab at decorating is a tiny pink tree that keeps its ornaments year-round.
But this year, I started the music on November 1. And a four-foot tree, woven with white lights, charmed us at a thrift store. All it needed was Hector, my 48-year-old furry angel topper (Click here for full post), so I thought.
But I found a few ornaments in a closet, one especially dear to my heart – Santa’s list, bought when we were first married, includes both of our names!
The Husband, the actor and entertainer, found this comedy and tragedy mask at the same thrift store.
The Mom and I went through a ceramic’s era long, long ago and I don’t recall which one of us made this, but it’s truly vintage and another one that’s dear to my heart.
And, Beatles fan that he is, The Husband had to include his Yellow Submarine.
Once those were on it, I was inspired to grab some cheap little silver and gold balls, just the right size for this tree. We had nostalgic fun placing the ornaments and so, for the first time in years, we have an actual tree. It’s in our workroom, where our cat, Junior, can’t eat it. Apparently, the branches are very tasty…
In the spirit of doing new things, we bought a chocolate advent calendar and a wooden decoration with numbered blocks that count down the days until Christmas. Suffice to say, The Husband is already planning to donate the block thing back to the thrift store. We couldn’t get into the habit of turning the blocks and we ended up eating the chocolate every four or five days! Guess we’re not advent people…
But we did stroll the gingerbread house exhibition/contest at The Cube (see post) and ventured to Knott’s to enjoy their decorations and shows several times.
The Husband loves his hot chocolate and Scrooge.
Wreaths and Nutcrackers.
December, as I’ve said before, is not my favorite month, but this year, some mysterious spirit gave me a little kick in the patoot and we had a bit more lightness than usual, which has been quite nice. We have a few regular movies that we watch ~ Miracle on 34th Street on Thanksgiving Day, followed by The Bishop’s Wife that weekend, and the 1951 version of A Christmas Carol, The Muppets Christmas Carol, The Santa Clause, and Die Hard, always on Christmas Eve ~ but this year, we were so intent on trying to watch seasonal fare every night, that we actually broke out The Husband’s (he collects ANY A Christmas Carol video he stumbles upon) unopened Flintstones and Barbie versions! Honestly, they weren’t half bad 😊
Despite the soaking we got yesterday here in SoCal, and the promised repeat tonight and tomorrow, I think we’ll have a nice day, especially since the sun is making an appearance right now. We’ll try to live in the moment, stay away from social media chaos, and truly relax. I’m cooking a little turkey loaf, as The Mom used to call it, accompanied by a potato veggie mix, rolls, stuffing, and whole cranberry sauce (another new thing we’re trying ~ hope it works out better than the advent calendars!), with mini mince pies a la mode for dessert.
Hope your day, however you’re spending it, is merry and bright!!
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