I’m not officially acknowledging Christmas until 15th, possibly 14th of December. Lots of friends already have their tree up but I think if we try to sustain that level of festive excitement for any longer than 2/3 weeks, something bad will happen.
Somehow, though, Christmas has managed to sneak in. The kids have been really getting into making soft toys, with N pimping his plushes with the addition of recordable voice boxes. They’ve amazed me with their creativity and dexterity, designing and sewing some fantastic presents!
We were also inspired by a visit to aminnybouquet to get out all the Christmas books and found we’d got quite a collection!
My favourite rediscovery has been “Santa Makes a Change”, this particular illustration taking me right back to six years old.
And Christmas just wouldn’t be Christmas without
Scratch and sniff oranges, cocoa and pine trees…!
We found “Look-Alikes Christmas” by Joan Steiner in a charity shop last week and it’s amazing! It’s Neil Gaiman meets the Borrowers: warm, fantastical, real and slightly macabre. There are reindeers made from wishbones, stage curtains made from teeth and hair. In short, it’s amazing! This is part of the first page – The more you look, the more you see!
But I’m not officially recognising Christmas until the 15th, possibly the 14th. Maybe the 13th…
So lovely! Have to get me hands on that book, looks great and, what’s that about recordable voice boxes???? NO WAY!!!