“Christmas
is coming, the geese are getting fat, please put a penny in the old man’s hat -- the time has come for me to get into the Christmas whirl. So far I am
quite pleased. Haven’t I already held my
obligatory pre -pre Christmas dinner party? Listen to me, my dear readers, it is
important to get this under way as soon as possible after the 2nd of
December because, and listen carefully, it is important to get the right and
best people to this important event , and believe me, anyone worth inviting is
booked solidly from the tenth at the very latest right to Christmas. If they
are not, it means they are not desirable and shouldn’t be in your Christmas
whirl list. That done and my dinner party was a great success naturally, I can go on
to other Christmas acts. First off is Christmas shopping. Now I know there are people and I can’t say I
admire them, who have done their Christmas shopping before the end of October,
and I have a sneaking suspicion they did it on the previous boxing day sale,
but I am too well mannered to say so. The
only way to do Christmas shopping is to go out every busy weekend and, along
with the huge throngs, push your way through shops looking for inspirations.
I have spent many a happy hour over the years doing this. Any other method or approach to Christmas
shopping -for example “on line “shopping, is a sham and an insult to the
Christmas spirit. Unfortunately my
family has grown up and all my grandchildren want is money and all their
parents want is spirits of their choice to get through the festivities. This is
hardly a challenge to this veteran Christmas shopper. However I refuse to put money in an envelope
under the tree. No. This year both my grandsons will be getting a big package -and
that is a basic criteria - a present should be packaged beautifully and be big.
They are both getting 100% cotton sheet sets. It is time they learn one of the more important lessons on becoming adults- that most important one of ” a well made
comfortable seductively sheeted bed” They will thank me for that knowledge one day.
Needless to say the sheets will have
subdued colours suitable for males- no flowers- and definitely not satin! I take my grandmother role seriously. So I seem to be really caught up with my Christmas whirl. Of course in this wonderful time of my life I
am excused from any form of Christmas baking and no one expects me to
contribute to the obscene Christmas dinner. All
that is left for me to do is plunk my ready decorated tree by the window, stock
up on my favourite drinks, turn on the T.V
and find my favourite black and white Christmas movies- The Christmas
Carol, The bishop’s wife, Miracle on 34th street and of course White
Christmas- while sipping my favourite red wine. The culmination of this whole Christmas orgy
for me is on Christmas Eve, at dusk, when invariably I get an urge to shop for
that last present- because there is no Christmas spirit as authentic as that
felt at the last- minute shopping spree. Struggling down the sparkling streets being jostled
by merry or not crowds, steam puffing
out of your mouth into the crisp indigo night, or if you live on the west coast
like I do, being entranced by the lights shimmering through the pelting rain
and umbrellas is ,for me, the highest delight and I never miss it. So dear readers join me on Christmas Eve on
Main Street and really truly understand the true meaning of Christmas. I remain your wise Blogger
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