Eeep it's almost Christmas! I get so excited every year, but now with Ayana to make Christmas magical for it's almost too much to bare! Of course it's always a little bit of a strange one to celebrate here in the middle of summer (not that you know it the way the weather has been lately) and I'm always trying to come up with new ways to incorporate the beach, warm weather and nature into our decorating. This year Ayana and I picked up some beautiful driftwood from the beach, dead Manuka branches from the paddock and some cute little pinecones... then we attacked them with gold paint! I'm still trying to figure out how to actually display our quirky decorations but in general I like how they turned out. Ayana has also been very busy painting Christmas cards for everybody. She starts with a paint brush but before long it gets tossed aside in favour of fingers (and sometimes a whole forearm). I can't really talk though, I've been walking around with golden fingers all week (humming Gold Finger to myself).
Anyway Christmas is going to be a bit of a hectic affair this year but I'm looking forward to experiences another 'Kiwi' Christmas. Usually we just celebrate it German style which is actually quite a bit different.
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I had two Christmas's in Germany a long time ago and they were really amazing, some great memories and so many things I didn't understand of course! This is my first year back with my family here in NZ and I don't feel Christmassy yet, I certainly don't feel like carols or drinking mulled wine...athough half way there with the wind and cols this week! Love these pictures of you girls baking and crafting! Rebekah
ReplyDeleteYou're right this weather is helping to get into a winter Christmas spirit! I'm just trying to treat Christmas as a bit of a summer welcome these days than try to pretend we should be in the depth of winter. Awesome that you had a German Christmas. I haven't had one of those since I was too young to remember. x
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