Bags o' fun!

Over the past few years my mother has started and continued a Christmas tradition of giving us “1st of December bags”. I don’t know how or where this come from, but you can bet in the days leading up to the 1st December a box will arrive with bags full of Christmas bits for all of us.

With the wee ones joining me this evening – and having watched It’s A Wonderful Life last night – I thought I would try and enter into the spirit of things, so put some lights up around the bay window as well as across the mantlepiece and also, I lit the fire along with a cinnamon candle, so it all felt and smelt Christmassy as we delved into our bags. From the depths of these we pulled Christmas socks, matching Christmas pyjamas, sweets and a couple of fleecy blankets for the children. 

Adding these to the Candy Kittens advent calendar that P bought me (see extra) – the IKEA of calendars in that it was flatpack self-assembly – means that we certainly won’t be cold this winter, but may all have diabetes by the end of it…

And that’s what Christmas is all about, kids.