Friday 23 December 2016

Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

The presents are (mostly) wrapped, the cake is decorated, the candles are lit, and Christmas is truly on its way.

I've had a lovely, busy few weeks of festive activity. The last few Saturdays have been filled with socialising, from afternoon tea with Becca & Elle, to Christmas drinks with Thomas and our friend Rose. This week, Rebs came to stay and we went to a brilliant benefit gig for Leicester Rape Crisis featuring Sara Pascoe, Josie Long and Grace Petrie, and the next evening I went to Leicester Cathedral for their annual Seven Lessons & Carols service. Despite having been an atheist for the past twenty years, my nostalgia for the Christmas's of my childhood (which were spent singing in the choir at church) leads me back to that institution every Christmas. I sing the carols with gusto and enjoy the traditions which meant so much to me when I was a child, before sloughing it all off come December 26th.

Unexpectedly, and wonderfully, I have almost two weeks off starting today. Tomorrow, Thomas and I have a Christmas Eve of reading, country walks, Prosecco drinking, and festive film watching planned, before driving to my mums' house on Christmas morning. And so, in the spirit of the season, I'm signing off social media and blogging for a few days. Have a wonderful Christmas, folks, and I'll see you on the other side!

10 comments:

  1. That sounds like a lovely festive week! Happy Christmas to you both x

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  2. Your Christmas eve sounds perfect. Have a wonderful Christmas !

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  3. Merry, or Happy as they say here, Christmas to you and yours Janet! xo

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  4. What a wonderful lead up to Christmas! Hope you have a fantastic festive period, enjoy your time off! C x

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  5. Happy Christmas! I hope you have a wonderful couple of weeks.

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  6. Merry Christmas. Have a lovely time. Xx

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  7. Merry Christmas and thank you for all the posts and comments over the last year. It's really nice to have the responses and feel a personal connection, however brief or infrequent. I also appreciate words of advice and insight from your own experiences. Hope the next year brings grand things for you.

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  8. Merry Christmas, Janet and Thomas - your plans for your time off sound perfect!

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