While Girl Child and i were yesterday at home with her tummy bug, we decided to do Christmas things. We made some shortbread stars and snowmen. This year we made some chocolate as well as the normal ones. The ones on the left aren't burnt, they are just chocolate!
I also cheated a bit and added some water instead of the entire amount of butter so they are less short than normal but still very yummy.
Once they were made, Girl Child set about decorating our tree whilst listening to Wiggles and Hi-5 Christmas CDs. I’m thinking we should get a new tree as we had this one for Boy Child’s first Christmas and it’s just a bit over a meter tall from the floor to the top of the star. I’m also thinking we should get new Christmas music as the CD’s have the original Hi-5 crew and Greg as the Yellow Wiggle. Lots of nostalgia for me, there.
Yes, the star is crooked!
I have also put up the garbage bag wreath we attempted from Kate Says Stuff – Easy Pease Rubbish Bag Wreaths. Ours doesn't look terrific but the thought was there. Of course Boy Child says it can’t be a Christmas wreath because it’s the wrong colours. We only had Yellow and Purple bags so that’s what we did. And yesterday we found the little cross stitch that my grandmother had given me quite a few years ago so that is the Christmassy enough for me.
Now with those things all the in the house plus the two and half hours shopping I did today it’s really beginning to feel like Christmas for me.
What things make it seem Christmassy to you?
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Ooooh. Yay!
Christmas lights does it for me. We (and I use that term loosely ... I actually mean Derek and Darby) put up the Christmas lights on the front of the house about a week or so ago and it feels very festive. The Christmas tree goes up this arvo ...
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