The traditional start to the Christmas festivities in our house begins when the 'Christmas First Box' (as I've labelled it(!!) comes down from the loft. Its the box which contains the advent calendar, the Christmas CD's, and Christmas cards. This year Jamie and Mike put up the advent calendar and so the countdown began.
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| Jamie Organising the Advent Calendar after Cubs |
We love our advent calendar which we have now used year after year after year and it is always a joy to get it down and set it up. We buy little treats for Jamie to get every day, the traditional chocolate pennies (or Euros are they seem to be now!!) or little Christmas chocolate treats. He loves it and Mike and I don't get a look in. I love the advent calendar because we start the Christmas period with a strong reminder about what the season is all about, not the presents, the over indulgence, food, wine etc, and not even the TV specials but about the birth of a very special baby. I think it sets a great tone for the rest of the month.
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| Mike and Jamie, Binnie has spotted the chocolate (but none for her it's bad for her!!) |
We didn't really have to wait long either in December for the weather to become very wintry, here is a picture of Mike doing what he said he would never do which is walk Binnie in her pink coat. You can see that we had had our first fall of snow. It was to get a lot worse.
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| Mike walking Binnie in her PINK coat |
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| Our park looks amazing in the first snow, the pond already frozen solid |
Ciao
Sue
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