It's almost here

 

Christmas is almost upon us  six days to go by my counting and we might be almost ready for Christmas aka CatMas with just a few food related items to get beyond the usual food shopping that got a bit disrupted with various issues earlier in the week.

Cards have been up as they have arrived, the trees are up as I decided to get a small table top tradition green tree with decorations as that was more fitting in with my recollections of Christmas when we used to have a tall Pine Tree in the house - and you could smell the needles - and everyone gathering it to decorate and put the lights on it.

Back then we had paper streamers up, tinsel around the doors and numerous card holders festooned across the front room and dining room.

Seeing this time of year is rather busy with me - the original worker bee - we'll be pausing the blog this week and doing something across the Christmas period ready for the New Year whatever that might bring.

Happy Christmas followers!

Moving toward that time of year

We will pause next week until after CatMas/Christmas as things will be really rather busy, not that we haven't had a complication or two along the way so far with various things but at least Mary and Joseph are out as is the tree and some cards have been written.

In many areas Trees are up and like this weekend here Santa will be making his round spreading christmas joy often aided by Girl Guilding, Scouts and organizations like the Round Table riasing funds for charity which is needed as much today at least as in the recent past.
 

That's something I definitely looking forward to. 

Getting there

 Miss Kitty has the right idea even if a few folk seemed bent on dragging the season down either with their own obsessions, self centred  approach difficulties utterly ignoring other peoples welfare or that they're sharing space that you happen to be using as they start screaming tossing stuff about or trying to do things when they know they are only capable at that moment of simpliest  of breakfasts and making a total mess of it.

Like just get something simple and add something extra if needed later  on?

 So with all that going we're trying to prepare for Christmas which for me has issues like feeling the loss of school friends at this time of year and obviously of aunts and that no longer with us that featured in the activities.

Advent calendar is up, I have a few cards and will pick up a few more boxes in a few days time so they can be written and posted not being really into e-cards apart from folk not doing email and all that even if its 2025.

I did find a few Chorister cds to put on and a disc with christmas readings too for nearer the day as I'd sooner focus on that than much of the commerciality and as ever Mr Claus will be making his way around around the second week of the month on his sleigh with helpers.

That's more my kind of Christmas.