Christmas: Phase One

So...I know it's still a little way from Christmas but the first signs of the Christmas transition happened today in the Way household. 

This is the 'A Christmas Carol' quad poster Matt and I bought last year. It's pretty big. Usually on that hook we have our wedding table list; I'm not sure why, but it's been there since the day we moved in. We like it. People often come over and the first thing they do is find their names. But as the season changes, we welcome Ebenezer Scrooge into our living room.

'A Christmas Carol' is Matt's absolute favourite Christmas book and movie. Last year we started reading a chapter to each other every night before bed.   

I have never had a wreath before, so I hung this with pride. It's pretty much an autumn wreath, I know. Last month, Matt came home with a bag full of conkers, so that night we worked on making them into something. After the traditional soaking in vinegar and baking in the oven, I threaded them onto an metal coat hanger, which I bent into a circle. Add a bow and voila, we have a wreath (or at least we have one until I get my hands on something lusciously green). 

The only way we could hang this without violating our rental contract, or not being able to close the door, was to loosen the screws on our door number and thread it there. It seems to work pretty well for now :)

Over the week, things are going to get their festive hats on in our flat. On Saturday, we'll have friends over to welcome the new season! There will be mulled wine, fake snow and spiced ginger bread. But most importantly, everyone is bringing an unmade gingerbread house with them. We will be needing the help of engineers and architects as all our gingerbread houses are going to be built together into a cathedral, or some form of impressive building. I have no idea how it will turn out but by the end of the night our bellies will be super full of gingerbread and festive spirit(s).

I look forward to uploading those photos!

But for now I have been prepping for tomorrow's workshop; we are all set to go:

Wednesday, 13th November

6.30-8pm

St. Marks, Beckton

I'm also getting along with Lara Casey's challenge. I am beating that to-do list and feeling almost victorious. The next thing to do is to sort my New York pictures, which I have really been putting off doing, so here goes.

I hope you are all having great evenings, see some of you tomorrow!

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