Did you know that in Argentina we have a set date when
all Christmas decorations go up and one for when they need to go back to the
loft again? Those days are the 8th of December and the 6th of January. On the
night of the 5th of January, children leave their shoes beside their Christmas
tree. They also leave some carrots and grass for the three Kings' camels. The
Kings will come during the night and bring them presents in their shoes! I need
to investigate what the origins of this shoes business are. I have no idea!
Meanwhile, in Scotland you start seeing Christmas
stuff in the supermarket the day after Halloween and adverts with jingle bells
as early as the beginning of November. You can start seeing some trees and
decorations in some houses shortly after that!
Here at number eight, we tend to go with the 8th
of December (the eight on eight :) but last night (3rd of December), I felt the
necessity to get started. It was cold and snowy outside. I went to the garage
to get the decorations that we stored there. Mr. Hubby got up the ladder to get
the tree from the loft (he must really love me to put up with these crazy impulses
of mine!). After all the boxes were spread all over the living-room, I got the
wreath up on the door and my colourful Santa standing in the hall, guarding the
cloakroom door (I couldn't find any other place!). I was exhausted already so I
called it a day. I'll go back to it tonight, but in the meantime I'll leave you
with a sneak peak of our colour scheme for this year.
If you are wondering then yes, that white stuff
on the ground outside is indeed snow. We've been having quite a bit of that
around here recently but look at the photo below, I took it on my way to work
this morning. I feel really lucky to see these landscapes everyday; changing
colours throughout the year. Isn't Scotland beautiful? You should come
and visit us!
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