Friday
Dec032010
A Holiday Care Package
Friday, December 3, 2010 at 4:28AM
A couple of weeks ago, we were pleasantly surprised by the postman knocking on our door in the morning. He bore a huge box, emblazoned with the vivid red of the Royal Mail. After the obligatory signature, the box was ours.
And what a great box it was. Of course I am not talking about the integrity of the box, but rather, the contents of it. A special treat from England, my Mum and Gran (mostly my Gran I think) had sent us a huge goodie box of Christmas decorations and Christmas chocolate. It cost them a small fortune to ship it, but as we pulled the assortment of gifts out of the box, it brought smiles to our faces, as we thought about my Gran insisting that she must buy this and send it to us, or that this was completely Nicole or Ben and had to be passed on. My Gran simply loves Christmas you see, and you can barely move in her house for Christmas decorations around this time!
And so, in the spirit of her spirit of Christmas, we decorated out apartment a little, with red shoes and ice rink boots as decorations on the lights, a Christmas Winnie the Pooh out on display, next to a Christmas pillow, topped off with a Christmas tea towel in the kitchen. Our advent calenders are out too, but we will save the rest of the candy and chocolate for a later date, given that we still have chocolate coins from last Christmas.... the white choc was still good, but the milk choc was past its best!!!
With all the Christmas in the air, it's easy to forget that Hanukkah began yesterday, a lot earlier than usual. In the spirit of multiculturalism, we are making a trip out to the supermarket to see if we can find some Chanukkah decorations; at the very least we will find a Menorah!
Here's to Happy Holidays!
And what a great box it was. Of course I am not talking about the integrity of the box, but rather, the contents of it. A special treat from England, my Mum and Gran (mostly my Gran I think) had sent us a huge goodie box of Christmas decorations and Christmas chocolate. It cost them a small fortune to ship it, but as we pulled the assortment of gifts out of the box, it brought smiles to our faces, as we thought about my Gran insisting that she must buy this and send it to us, or that this was completely Nicole or Ben and had to be passed on. My Gran simply loves Christmas you see, and you can barely move in her house for Christmas decorations around this time!
And so, in the spirit of her spirit of Christmas, we decorated out apartment a little, with red shoes and ice rink boots as decorations on the lights, a Christmas Winnie the Pooh out on display, next to a Christmas pillow, topped off with a Christmas tea towel in the kitchen. Our advent calenders are out too, but we will save the rest of the candy and chocolate for a later date, given that we still have chocolate coins from last Christmas.... the white choc was still good, but the milk choc was past its best!!!
With all the Christmas in the air, it's easy to forget that Hanukkah began yesterday, a lot earlier than usual. In the spirit of multiculturalism, we are making a trip out to the supermarket to see if we can find some Chanukkah decorations; at the very least we will find a Menorah!
Here's to Happy Holidays!
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