Well. That's Christmas all done for another year. Don't tell my Grandma, but I'm afraid our Christmas tree and decs didn't make it to 12th night. Didn't even get to 10th. They are all down, in readiness for the work to start in and outside the house this coming week. There was also the small matter of the tree drooping so wildly by last night, that the decorations were sliding off the branches by themselves.
Oh well. I love Christmas (and related paraphernalia) but I always find myself impatient to tidy it all away once the New Year has been ushered in. I think it's something to do, subconsciously, with wanting to start afresh. I also think that I enjoy the run up to Christmas more than the aftermath. All the carols and singing, concerts, school plays and the preparation for the day itself. I'm not one who feels an anti-climax after Christmas but it does all seem to stop quickly.
This year there's also a lot to look forward to. Maybe that's why I'm anxious to get on with 2009. We will have a new bathroom (not before time) in a couple of weeks and our utility and workshop will be fitted out too by the end of the month. Outside our house but within our family and friends, there are babies to be born, engagements and weddings to be celebrated and big birthdays (you know who you are) to be marked. There's also the small matter of our 10th wedding anniversary in April. I know that it's not exactly a diamond anniversary but it feels worth celebrating.
This is all without mentioning the lovely little stuff that comes along - days out and meeting up with friends and family. Concerts to be sung and played (sometimes together, if we get really lucky), holidays and time just to be. I'm planning some of that. A bit more than last year, if possible. I try not to do resolutions as, if I'm going to do something, why only say so at one point in the year? But if I was going to choose one single thing, it would be more "being" time. Lovely.
So - goodbye Christmas - I'll look forward to your reappearance at the end of the year but I shall not mourn your passing now as I've got too much to look forward to.
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Yep, our "tree" complete with sewn on baubles is down in France too. Had to go as the shelf it was on is no more! We're more or less ready for the great window and door swap but are thinking it might have been more sense to wait till the temperature is higher than minus 8 degrees. We'll wait and see if the men turn up tomorrow or if they'll claim it's trop froid.
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