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It's Christmas!!!

Christmas is without a doubt my favourite time of year. Any excuse to play with lights and wrap presents and visit people...

This weekend we found ourselves drawing the curtains at 5pm just to turn on the fairy lights...

Then there's the shopping...I love shopping! Not necessarily the act of spending money - but just the sheer thrill of the hunt. And coupled with the thought that you're searching for that 'something' to make that 'someone' smile...nothing compares!

So last weekend I braved Christmas crowds to finish the last of the shopping and you would not believe what I saw...

...nothing!!!

Where did all the decorations go? Aside from orange and yellow banners donning 'happy holidays' and 'season's greetings' and an abstract light sculpture...nothing!!! No tinsel, no fairy lights, no stars and certainly no nativity scenes...

I found myself turning to my friend and pointing to the street 'decorations'.

"It is Christmas, right?"

"I think so..."

Unbelievable.

I must say thank you to our neighbours that live about a block away whom we can see from our kitchen window with lights twinkling from every nook and cranny of their house and garden.

I recently saw footage of the city of Medellin at Christmas...absolutely breathtaking! I think our fair city could certainly take a page out of their book.

Or a whole chapter actually. (well worth a google search at least!)

We don't have the lights outside this year, but our loungeroom is surely covered. We have decided to start our outdoor collection too - maybe at the post Christmas sales...

xxx