Xander ,'Beneath You'
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My mom was trying to find some winter decorations for the house that were not Christmasy.
My mom has some snowman decor, so it does exist. I'll bet there are also lots of snowflake things.
There are actual snowmen out along my street. One is nearly 6' tall and has a carrot nose and coal eyes.
Despite many years in northern climes I don't (yet) associate Christmas (or December) with snow, and have a massive eye roll at faking that stuff. It's avoid-worthy!
I am not doing any significant decorating until I turn in final grades, but I did get a tiny wreath to put on the car, as per my DH's request. Oh! And the car has been washed--woot!
Party City had a buttload of snowmen/snowflake decorations.
My goal for the next few days is to have enough energy to put up the tree and make gingerbread bats.
Mine is to make fruitcake. If I have the energy.
Ooh, fruitcake. Nom. I LOVE homemade, classic, soak-the-fruit-in-booze fruitcake.
I also find a lot of wintry-type decorations, like [link] and this: [link] Or a bunch of these: [link]
I'm pretty sure my mother would count all of those as too Chrismassy for our house. Nutcracker is from the ballet, where the nutcracker is a Christmas present. Reindeer pull Santa's sleigh. The star might be OK.
Ooh, fruitcake. Nom. I LOVE homemade, classic, soak-the-fruit-in-booze fruitcake.
So noted! Marzipan or no marzipan?
Despite many years in northern climes I don't (yet) associate Christmas (or December) with snow
Me either, obviously. Yet we still tend to celebrate Christmas with roasts and other winter food, despite the likelihood of 30+ temperatures.
All the Christmas talk has made me realise, I have no Christmas rituals. My FAC didn't celebrate Christmas because of its pagan origins, and since I left an atheist, I didn't find much incentive to redevelop much connection. It's now pretty much an excuse to buy people pressies, and without much allegiance to the actual day (we tend to wait for the Boxing Day sales to buy for each other at least).