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A Christmassy weekend
We have a nice white blanket of snow on the ground up here in the world's second coldest capital. So with Christmas coming in two weeks, and determined to make memorable traditions for my daughter, on Saturday we drove out in the country to a tree farm. Being newbies at this, once there we realized it was cash only, and being techies, my wife and I live on our debit card (e-cash) so we had to pack the car back up and drive to the closest town to find a bank machine.
Once that was sorted, we returned to the farm, had some hot chocolate by a big open fire. They also had a playground, so C was having a ball going down the slide and playing on the swings (it was only about -2C and sunny, so it was a perfect winter day). Then we trudged off into the 'wilderness' to find our tree. Since we did that scarey hallowe'en farm thing (my wife's brilliant idea) C is now scared of tractors and hayrides, thanks to the witches and ghosts that jumped out at us back then. So we went on foot. Once in the tree patch, we found a good seven footer (scotch pine) and armed with my trusty tree saw, I brought her down. C meanwhile decided she wanted to go home, NOW, because the sound of the tractor was scaring her, poor thing. So while Mrs. Atomic carried C back to the car, I got to lug the tree back about 1.5km to the car. They shook it, wrapped it and then I tied it to the roof for the 40km drive home. All in all, it was an enjoyable day, but next year C will be more 'understanding' of what we're doing and get more out of it. So the tree is up in the living room, decorated and I also strung up some LED lights along the eaves of the house. Just a bit more shopping and we're ready for the big event. |
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Nothing like a nice fresh real Christmas tree,not a great lover of the artificial kind.
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Nice w/e John! We're skipping the big tree thing this year. Next year we'll be around a LOT of family and it'll be like a real Christmas. God I hope I survive
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Sounds great John, I know C appreciates this now and will really do so in the future. I have a funny mental picture of Paul Bunyoun dragging that tree through the forest.
I am doin a bit of shopping today, then it is hurruy up and wait till the big day.
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Funny, I got bundled up in my ski jacket... but when it came down to cutting the tree down and dragging it out of the field, I tied the jacket to the tree and was in a t-shirt and a sweatshirt (with the sleeves pushed up). Funny how physical labour can make you warm on a cold day. |
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.............................and now back to the topic.
You painted a nice picture of how Christmas should be John, I haven't seen a white one for years. In fact in 32 years in Saudi I have been home at Christmas about 5 times. Our first here was good because we made all our own decorations and I cut down a small bush that resembled a fir tree and painted it white in places. We made a snowman from a beef burger carton and some cotton wool. We only recently threw it out, well after all those years the snow was turning black. It's lots easier these days even though trees etc are not sold openly. In Bahrain it's very different and all the decorations and trees are obtainable. Which reminds me, we are off there again on Wednesday night until Friday afternoon for some seasonal cheer and shopping.
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Beautiful post, Johnny. Would have loved to be there to see the look on little C's face.
Last time I saw a white Christmas was in 1980 in Teheran (Iran)....nothing since then. NZ has a warm X'mas every year, but the festive season here is as good as any and, in spite of it being peak summer, we generally have a great time. JJ
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