"It's the holiday season.. and Santa Claus, is coming to town..."
In my previous post I remarked on what a quiet weekend it'd been last Sat and Sun. Well it had, but I forgot to say that we put up our lovely, real, Christmas Tree.
The second w/e prior to Christmas we go out, en famille, and wander around our local farm trying to find the best tree for our home. Not in his fields you understand, but the ones he has for sale in the yard. This year, not having any local farmyards and the real thing seemingly not in vogue in the warm weather of New Zealand, we didn't even bother to sift through the tat being sold by the roadside. As far as I'm concerned, nothing will ever compete with a real tree for me and boy, this one is fresh.
The act of walking into a huge field, searching for the one that's fat but not too fat, tall - ish, and able to fit in the back of the car and then summoning the summer worker in his vest and shorts, lugging a big chainsaw to chop down the one we'd chosen, was the best and most surreal thing we have done since moving here! lol. We didn't realise it was a pick-your-own farm so next year, I'll definately take the cameral with me. They even had upside-down trees (see their site) and trees aimed at UK expats... marketed like this:
If you originated from the UK and are feeling nostalgic this could be your kind of tree. It has short sharp dark green needles that will pop balloons. When bumped or moved after Christmas it will shed all its needles onto the carpet and for the next two months they will elude the vacuum cleaner. However Christmas thrives on nostalgia and memories.
I had one of those in my first home when I was 18; never again! lol. This was the best £13/$24 USD that we've ever spent! Sure it can be a bit of hassle but it's only a few hours we spend buying and decorating it and then a few hours spent wrestling it out the house on the 12th night. Remind me I said that when I'm whinging about it in a fortnight.
- urban gypsy [7:08 am] |
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i am... honest. loyal. selfless. controlling ... hobbies... listening to music. theatre. blog hopping ... reads... chick lit. glossy magazines ... listens to music like... 70's disco. motown. pop ...
WISHES FOR
`new house (in Oz)
`less housework
`new shoes
`less bills
`new knickers
`smooth, tanned, glowing skin
`digital camera
`an iPod nano
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Urban Gypsy
30-odd year old mum of two
England - Saudi Arabia
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words__
When you run so fast to get somewhere
you miss the fun
of getting there.
Life is not a race,
so take it slower,
hear the music before the music is over, take your time and stay happy...
wishes for__
`new house (in Oz)
`less housework
`new shoes
`less bills
`new knickers
`smooth, tanned, glowing skin
`digital camera
`an iPod nano
