It's beginning to feel like Christmas!!

Today is one month before Christmas day! Wow, I can't believe it. I have always loved Christmas, and now that we have Wiggles it's even more special! It will be our baby boy's first one, and I hope it will be super special. I have been playing Xmas carols and singing along all morning. Feeling extremely festive today, and really in the Xmas spirit. I think perhaps I should find out if Angotull wants to set up our tree this weekend. We bought a stunning tree last year, in preparation for this year, and Wiggle's first Xmas.

The mood I am in today I wouldn't be surprised if I am running around with tinsel on my head by the time Angotull gets home tonight... I really become a kid at this time of the year! Ok, I am a kid most of the year, but worse at Chistmas! I am just amazed at how quickly it snuck up on me. Yesterday I felt nothing, this morning I am all excited and bouncing off the walls. Maybe my subconscience knew that today is exactly a month til Xmas, who knows.




I think I should start some traditions of our own this year. Christmas is all about kids to me, and this year we have our own baby to share it with. Perhaps I will bake some cookies this year? I asked Angotull about getting Wiggles a 'stocking' last night, he didn't seem very keen. Maybe I should organise him something like that, but that is unique to our little family. We shall have to see.

We have always gone to my Mom's for Xmas eve, but this year, we are changing things a little. Since she is all alone this year, we will be having it at our house. I am so looking forward to it, doing it our way! I am not sure what we are going to do for eats, we haven't yet discussed it. I wonder if we should stick to snacks or go with a sit down supper? I wonder if I should bake a genuine Christmas pudding this year. I am glad we are having it at home though, because it means we won't have to disturb Wiggles once he is sleeping, to bring him home.

Christmas day we are going to spend with Angotull's parents. They have been kind enough to invite my mom along aswell. I think she is glad that she won't have to spend the day alone. I think the day will be fun, especially for Wiggles. He thrives on attention, and with all his grandparents in one place he is bound to get more than enough of that. It will be the first time that he shares the backseat of our car with anyone too, and I suspect he is going to love having his granny at the back there with him on the trip. I hope the two of them don't drive the Daddy nuts.

This morning I was thinking about the difference between Southern and Northern Hemisphere Christmases. I imagine that the folks in the North could never imagine it being HOT on Xmas day... after all, they usually wish for snow. For us Southern hemisphere folks, can you just imagine having a cold Xmas? Not being able to sit out in the garden etc. I somehow cannot imagine anything other than an African Christmas.