Jingle bells! Jingle bells! Christmas is nearly here!
It came as a shock to receive our first Christmas present
earlier this week. Our friend, Dor, had gone to the effort of making us a
stand-up calendar for next year. She
included all sorts of pictures she thought we might be interested in, including
some of her own paintings. She is, by nature, a miniaturist, someone interested
in the small detail, though on their last cruise she did learn to let herself
go & try to capture movement in a more fluid style.
She & her husband are off for a month’s cruise next week. They
knew we are off to Amsterdam in December & so thought we might not see each
other until after Christmas, hence the little present. As it happens we return
not many days after them, so we should bump into them anyway before the day
arrives.
Coming back from the golf club, where we usually meet them, I
couldn’t help noticing the Christmas trees sticking out above some of the
hotels- so much more obvious now it’s dark by 5pm. In the windows you could see
some hotels are already bedecked with glittering items dangling from ceilings. Personally
I can’t help thinking surely it’s still October. There’s lots of time to go
before Christmas, but I suppose commercial businesses have to get their clients
into festive, & therefore, extravagant spendthrift spirit.
Our festivities are unlikely to begin before December & our
trip to Amsterdam & its Christmas fairs. I will try to get our cards
written before we go so they will be ready to post as soon as we’re home again,
but that’s all I intend to do before.
Meanwhile, today, we’re having a Turkey Quiche for dinner,
using up some of last year’s Christmas turkey. We need to make room for this
year’s. Clearly Christmas is coming on apace.
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