I somehow missed this when you posted it (story of my life), but this is lovely; thank you! I look forward to seeing you back on this side of the pond (as does Sonya!).
When I was a child we would only ever bring in and decorate the Christmas tree on Christmas Eve - we'd have the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols on on the radio, and it would be such a magical experience. The tree would then stay up until Twelfth Night (January 6).
School friends thought we were a highly eccentric family - they were ALL about Christmas decorations from about the start of Advent! Yet we seemed to be the only kids still excited about the prospect of Christmas by the time school broke up for the holidays - everyone else would be getting tired of it all before Christmas had even started.
What fun to hear about your family traditions! I love being in places or with people who celebrate Twelfth night and Kings day, possibly because it is another opportunity to have special foods and decorations. Thanks for sharing your traditions.
Love the beautiful descriptions of past and current decorations and festivities! Perfect timing, was just having a conversation yesterday about the many joys of seasonal decorating....happy Thanksgiving!
Thanks Martha! You enjoy your Thanksgiving too! I'm itching to get the big boxes for Christmas out, but my rule is that I have to wait until after Thanksgiving. Maybe I'll start on Thanksgiving day since we won't really be celebrating...:)
I somehow missed this when you posted it (story of my life), but this is lovely; thank you! I look forward to seeing you back on this side of the pond (as does Sonya!).
Thanks as ever for reading it! I am looking forward to our next trip too!
Such a lovely post!
When I was a child we would only ever bring in and decorate the Christmas tree on Christmas Eve - we'd have the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols on on the radio, and it would be such a magical experience. The tree would then stay up until Twelfth Night (January 6).
School friends thought we were a highly eccentric family - they were ALL about Christmas decorations from about the start of Advent! Yet we seemed to be the only kids still excited about the prospect of Christmas by the time school broke up for the holidays - everyone else would be getting tired of it all before Christmas had even started.
What fun to hear about your family traditions! I love being in places or with people who celebrate Twelfth night and Kings day, possibly because it is another opportunity to have special foods and decorations. Thanks for sharing your traditions.
Love the beautiful descriptions of past and current decorations and festivities! Perfect timing, was just having a conversation yesterday about the many joys of seasonal decorating....happy Thanksgiving!
Thanks Martha! You enjoy your Thanksgiving too! I'm itching to get the big boxes for Christmas out, but my rule is that I have to wait until after Thanksgiving. Maybe I'll start on Thanksgiving day since we won't really be celebrating...:)