Christmas Starts Early

It's begun. They just put Christmas decorations up above the shop I work in, including two life-sized toy soldiers. Unlike my boss, however, (whose nonsense rants could go on forever) I've decided not to moan about how it's too early, but to use this as a prompt to get my act together and give my Christmas gifting appropriate forethought this year.

I know I'm not alone in finding that Christmas has snuck up on me every year and feeling disappointed with myself in the mad last-minute rush. I love the idea of giving perfect gifts, and I love even more the idea of making the perfect gift, but so often I find myself with too little time and too few ideas to really do the season justice.

Not. This. Year.

I'm starting early and I'm doing it right. I find I'm already filled with Yule joy as I plan the theme of my gift wrapping and all of the Christmas baking and DIYing and decorating I am going to do. 

As always, it starts with scouring Pinterest for inspiration. I often find that looking at Chistmas DIY-specific boards is less than inspiring for me, since they're often full of winter-themed projects. I guess that Christmas is synonymous with winter for most of the world, but here in Australia it means sunny days spent eating outdoors with sangria and bare feet, rather than mulled wine around the fireplace.

And fir trees. I don't get them. The only fir trees we have are in forests specifically designed for making paper. They're not real trees. They belong in Christmas movies and Twin Peaks.

Tuesday, 12 November 2013

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