Merry Christmas, dear cyberfriends!

[wiseheart]

I decided to share this year, so lookie, lookie:

My Christmas tree, decorated a couple of hours ago:



My prezzies, in the foreground a plate of honey cake figures made by yours truly:



And finally all the cookies you've heard so much lately, piled up to your virtual pleasure:



BTW, I've received a virtual gift from a generous benefactor, according to this message:

LiveJournal gift certificate code:

(I snipped the code)

You can redeem it for $5.00 USD in LiveJournal services:
http://www.livejournal.com/shop/

NOTE: Your gift certificate is only valid for one use, so be sure that your order's value is greater than or equal to $5.00 USD.

Anyone had experiences with the thing already?

Comments

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

You can get as small ones as a potted plant nowadays, you know. Once I had one that wasn't bigger than thirty centimetres or so. Alas, it didn't live long after Christmas, even with roots. I guess the air in my room was too dry for the poor little tree.

[lethe-lloyd.livejournal.com]

I think that is the trouble with central heating. :(

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

True. On the other hand, having the same temprature throughout the entire flat is nice. And not having to bother with the heating ourselves. We used to have wood- and coal-heated ovens in my youth... it was a messy business, let me tell you.

[lethe-lloyd.livejournal.com]

We had a real fire in the sitting room when I was young and one of those electric fires which are supposed to look like real fires in the other room, but it wasn't until later that the real fire was changed and radiators put in which were warmed by it. Before that we used to have paraffin heaters in the bedrooms, and my word, it's a wonder I was not in a coma. Just one whiff of that now takes me back!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Hmmm... I never heard about paraffin heaters. They couldn't be very healthy...

[lethe-lloyd.livejournal.com]

It probably explains a lot about me, I think the fumes sort of dissolved my brain, lol. They never left them in the bedrooms, but would warm them up if it was bitter.