So Christmas is nearly upon us. If you are anything like me, you’ll be rushing around like a mad thing trying to have everything organized before the relatives descend and the shops close for Christmas Day. There are so many things I love about the lead up to Christmas, even though it is such a busy time of year.
My husband comes from a large family so there are lots of nieces and nephews to buy for. I relish trying to find something for each of them that really suits each personality and passion. One of my nieces is mad on horses, so I’ve discovered this great horsey clothing label and have bought her a cute horseshoe shoulder bag and T-shirt. One nephew has been nuts about inserts and creepy-crawlies since he was a toddler (yes, he’s picked the right country these. So many nasty little things in Australia.). One year we found him hunting in the garden for the ‘Easter’ Brown (we’d spotted a deadly Eastern Brown Snake earlier that day!). He thought it delivered chocolate Christmas eggs. This child has every kind of bug catcher, relevant book and identification kit, so each year it is a challenge to find something new that feeds his buggy passion.
My husband comes from a large family so there are lots of nieces and nephews to buy for. I relish trying to find something for each of them that really suits each personality and passion. One of my nieces is mad on horses, so I’ve discovered this great horsey clothing label and have bought her a cute horseshoe shoulder bag and T-shirt. One nephew has been nuts about inserts and creepy-crawlies since he was a toddler (yes, he’s picked the right country these. So many nasty little things in Australia.). One year we found him hunting in the garden for the ‘Easter’ Brown (we’d spotted a deadly Eastern Brown Snake earlier that day!). He thought it delivered chocolate Christmas eggs. This child has every kind of bug catcher, relevant book and identification kit, so each year it is a challenge to find something new that feeds his buggy passion.
Food is another great attraction for me. The difficulty is that I love eating but I’m definitely not passionate about the cooking part. We often host Christmas Day lunch, so I pore over cookbooks looking for easy recipes that will taste good and award me this year’s kitchen goddess.
Although I’m super organized in most things, my house…well…let’s just say that being tidy isn’t top of my list of priorities. However, as so many people drop in during the Season, I make a special effort to ensure the house is looking at least respectable. I love fresh flowers, so I give myself a special pass to choose more exotic bunches rather than the cheapy ones I buy the rest of the year.
Although I’m super organized in most things, my house…well…let’s just say that being tidy isn’t top of my list of priorities. However, as so many people drop in during the Season, I make a special effort to ensure the house is looking at least respectable. I love fresh flowers, so I give myself a special pass to choose more exotic bunches rather than the cheapy ones I buy the rest of the year.
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