I don’t know if I’ve mentioned, but I’ve been getting into the spirit of Christmas a little early this year. About seven months early, in fact!
I blame the weather. The fact that it’s turning cold and frosty here is making me feel like Christmas is just around the corner. It’s hard getting used to the opposite seasons! It wasn’t bad in Australia , I never really felt it. Winter there didn’t really feel that much different to the British summer! The mornings and evenings would be a bit on the chilly side but the days could still get really warm. But it’s a little colder here in New Zealand . I’ll be walking down the street to work, and all of a sudden “All I want for Christmas is you” will pop into my head, or I’ll start to wonder what presents I should get my sisters!
Hopefully, I’ve found a solution now though! This weekend Adam and I caught a ferry out to Waiheke Island (which is where the photo was taken!) and we saw a flyer for… a Christmas party! It’s on a boat that sails around the harbour, and you get a Christmas dinner and drinks and they play Christmas songs all night. I’m going to buy the tickets today, I’m hoping that if I go it will get Christmas out of my system for a while; that I’ll be able to trick myself into believing that it has been Christmas so I can think about something else!
I guess there’s nothing wrong with getting into the Christmas spirit a little early though, at least it makes me want to be kind! Especially as (with all the thinking about it I’ve been doing) I’ve decided that I want to make homemade gifts for everyone this year, I’ll have to make a start as soon as I get home anyway!
I blame the weather. The fact that it’s turning cold and frosty here is making me feel like Christmas is just around the corner. It’s hard getting used to the opposite seasons! It wasn’t bad in Australia , I never really felt it. Winter there didn’t really feel that much different to the British summer! The mornings and evenings would be a bit on the chilly side but the days could still get really warm. But it’s a little colder here in New Zealand . I’ll be walking down the street to work, and all of a sudden “All I want for Christmas is you” will pop into my head, or I’ll start to wonder what presents I should get my sisters!
Hopefully, I’ve found a solution now though! This weekend Adam and I caught a ferry out to Waiheke Island (which is where the photo was taken!) and we saw a flyer for… a Christmas party! It’s on a boat that sails around the harbour, and you get a Christmas dinner and drinks and they play Christmas songs all night. I’m going to buy the tickets today, I’m hoping that if I go it will get Christmas out of my system for a while; that I’ll be able to trick myself into believing that it has been Christmas so I can think about something else!
I guess there’s nothing wrong with getting into the Christmas spirit a little early though, at least it makes me want to be kind! Especially as (with all the thinking about it I’ve been doing) I’ve decided that I want to make homemade gifts for everyone this year, I’ll have to make a start as soon as I get home anyway!
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