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The world is slowly getting into Christmas mode...

The Salvos have mini brass bands at every train station.

My decorations are up: big Christmas tree, and bits of tinsel that I keep accidentally pulling down from the ceiling.

There are mince pies being sold in every supermarket, and "Carols by Candlelight" posters on every street corner. (Do people overseas have Carols by Candlelight? Or is it just us?)

Work is getting more silly and excitable by the day.

Every dvd in JB HiFi has just dropped in price by $30. So tempting...

My church had a kids carols service on Saturday (with silly songs and mini dramas, but no puppets, weirdly).

And it's getting hotter. On Friday, I left for work at 6:45am, wearing jeans and a tshirt. First time I've been completely coatless in months.


I love December.

Date: 2008-12-07 09:45 pm (UTC)
debris4spike: (Christmas Tree - James standing.)
From: [personal profile] debris4spike
Hi

It's funny, as I was reading this post I was thinking yes, that's me in England ... yes ... yes ...

Then you wrote it's getting hotter - I am wearing 3 jumpers!!!!

We have Carols by Candlelight in England.

Date: 2008-12-07 09:54 pm (UTC)
deird1: Fred looking pretty and thoughful (Default)
From: [personal profile] deird1
I've had one winter Christmas (Germany, a while ago), but the idea of Christmas being cold still really freaks me out...

Christmas day should include games of backyard cricket, dammit!

Date: 2008-12-07 09:57 pm (UTC)
debris4spike: (Snow - Falling on a cottage)
From: [personal profile] debris4spike
2 years ago - I had the bestest Christmas Day - a snowball fight with my youngest brother ... and we are both in our 40s (We don't often get snow as we live in the South West)

Date: 2008-12-07 10:00 pm (UTC)
deird1: Fred looking pretty and thoughful (Default)
From: [personal profile] deird1
Snowball fights are fun!

When I went to Europe (on an exchange program, so I flew in with 30 other Australians, all of us in our late teens), we landed in Vienna just after a big snowfall.

All 30 of us were running round a park, having a massive snowball fight, and we suddenly looked around and saw these tiny kids, about 7 years old, looking at us as if we were nuts. They all had the same expression: a very clear "What on earth are they doing?"

We felt very silly - but then went straight back to chucking snowballs everywhere...

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