“It’s Christmas time, mistletoe and wine…”
…I think I started a blog with that line… (already) š
Still not filled up with that magical feeling that the Festive Season allegedly evokes? Cheer up with some kitties in Christmas hats, boxes, and sniffing about the treeĀ – they sure seem to be enjoying themselves.Ā What can I say: it’s a Ā (curiosity-)cat thing.
Now if only I had a Smudgy-sized Xmas hat for a picture taking session… *laugh*
Well hullo, dearest blog readers!
I hope that youāve all got your bells jingling and the halls decked, because there are only 5 more āsleepsā until we hit Christmas Eve!
Many people are already on holiday (lucky them), but if you’re like me and still working until the last (which, for me, is Friday), then you don’t have to feel ‘ashamed’ if you haven’t been experiencing the feel-good spirit that the festive season is supposed to evoke. It still doesn’t feel like Christmas is around the corner. All I can think about is work, work, work…
I do have my tree up, though – that should count for something!! š
Small but suitable for our apartment
There's even an edible candycane on the tree!
Smudgy's very own stocking
Let's jingle some bells!
Ooh, shiny...
I spent last night baking some Christmas cookies while watching THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS, so Iām sure that counts as getting in to the spirit of thingsā¦ right? Now all I need to really get me going is to watch my favourite āChristmasā movie: DIE HARD!
I know lots of people search for Christmas-related blog entries around this time, which is why I decided to share a few of my old entries that I thought youād enjoy. Iāll see if I can find time to be cynical and get my ābah humbugā on before the 25th š
Yippee-ki-yay…
FESTIVE RAMBLINGS:
* Christmas: Fall Out Boy style
* āOh Iām the happiest Christmas treeā¦ā
* Christmas carols with a twist
* Garfield ā the 12 courses of dinner
* Christmas carols with LOLcats
* The 12 days of Christmas: PokƩmon style
* Cartoon Christmas specials I grew up with
Iām not sure how festive this season will turn out to beā¦
Weāre standing at the 5th of December, and I have yet to hear any Christmas music blaring in the shopping centres. The closest Iāve come to this was when my Significant Other and I were sitting in a restaurant last Thursday evening and a total of two (if even) Christmassy songs played softly in the background. The only thing going on in the shopping centres is absolute madness. This past weekend proved it, and I am glad that all my Christmas shopping is doneā¦ because if it was bad last weekend, itās only going to get exponentially worse once schools close this coming Friday. Having the kiddies around the complex is going to be a reeeaaal treat for my Significant Otherā¦
One of the local radio stations launched the Boney M Acclimatisation Program (BMAP) in November. Every other morning, they play a Boney M song, allowing people to get used to the so-called ābrainwashing-wavesā (brainwashing + brainwaves, get it?) Ā in hopes to help them from spending all their money on gifts when their ears are assaulted by the festive tunes. Although this is cute and funny/ silly, I find it rather hard to swallow how people use aforementioned music as an excuse for their excessive shopping. āOh, it wasnāt my fault ā the Boney M music started playing, and it was like I lost control of my mental faculties. Really, I couldnāt help myself!!ā *roll eyes*
Okay, everybody, let's put more spendy frenzy into the chorus!
Great, so now everybody is against Christmas musicā¦ religious nuts, shoppers, my Significant Otherā¦ I started listening to some festive tunes yesterday, then felt āguiltyā because my S.O. doesnāt much care for it (even though I had my headphones on and he wasnāt there), so I turned it off.
Then thereās the little matter of Christmas trees. I wrapped all our gifts yesterday (hurray for me!) and will be putting up our little tree this evening, which is a step in the festive direction for our domicile. Iām not sure the same can be said for my parental home. Itās the first year since forever ā probably since my older sister was little, which makes it 27 years ago ā that my parentals will have a fake Christmas tree. Although itās nice to have a real tree, it just becomes more and more expensive every year, and if you add all of that up over the years, itās a lot of money! With a fake tree ā nice and tall to fit into their living room with the high ceiling ā you save money in the long run, plus you help to save some trees. All thatās good and well, but the reason I donāt think that things are all tinsel and baubles and happy sparkling lights, is the fact that my younger sister Addy refuses to decorate the fake treeā¦ which she calls āthat thingā with great antagonism.
My work here is done...
Oh, and did I mention how I was looking forward to the release of the latest edition of the Sarie Kos (Sarie Food) magazine, only to find nothing Christmassy about it? *shakes head* Perhaps I should have some of those āChristmasā truffles I bought to make myself feel better.
I could always spread some of the holiday cheer around the office by baking some cookies! My Significant Other bought me some more cookies cutters over the weekend, so now I have a Christmas tree, snowman and reindeer I can use! Since Iāll be working until the 23rd of December (and I think others will, as well), Iām sure weāll be needing those sweet treats to boost our morale.
Plus point: summer hasnāt been very summery over here thus far (yesterdayās 37 degrees Celsius excluded), so Iām hoping for a cool Christmas. Itāll sure beat unbearable heat and help fight off sluggishness and irritability (not the best combination for happy faces and feelings of harmony)ā¦
So, how do you feel about Christmas 2011?
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