Saturday 17 December 2022

17th December: Decorating Day (Part One)

1. Sitting down leisurely this morning - always a highlight of a weekend morning.

2. Extra thick cream in the coffee. An absolute treat!

3. Ginny and Clemency playing in the snow with Orlando and Jess. We know and appreciate how lucky we have been to have a little field in this snowy weather.

4. Putting up the little Christmas tree - balancing was tricky but I got there in the end (this was keeping occupied during Number 3.)

5. Decorating the big Christmas tree. It's in the conservatory so it was very cold, but it was also exciting! 

6. A couple of blizzards which we watched from the warmth of the living room. 

7. Looking through the beautiful tree decorations which have been collected through lifetimes of Christmases.

8. Ginny putting together her online Christmas concert, which allows her pupils to share their work with family and friends.

9. Decorating the small Christmas tree. This one is just silver and gold for Mum - very sophisticated! 

10. Mum putting in the Christmas order from Tesco!

11. A hilarious recording of the Dance of the Snowmen by Ginny and me!

12. Reading our cookie fortunes for 2023 - most of them seemed very nice.

13. A delicious Chinese takeaway. We had a less magical moment collecting it, but the meal itself was delicious.

14. Crunchy snow underfoot on the way to get the drying out the garage. I think it will be melting tomorrow so it was nice to make the most of it!

15. Showing off the Christmas trees to Mum and Dad, with the necessary countdowns.

16. The first snowball of the season - and that's the adult kind (cocktail) not the throwing one!

17. Finishing The Box of Delights. For saying we were going to watch it in one sitting, it's taken us a couple of weeks to complete it! But it's always a pleasure to watch.

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