Advent the First

[wiseheart]

Sooo... it's that time again. We've dug up the Adventskranz - I must ruefully admit that I no longer make them myself, which is a shame, but there you are. *is ashamed* At least we have a pretty and simple artificial one. It's easier to handle, and you don't have pine needles in the wall-to-wall carpet during the entire winter. Well, save from the ones coming from the Christmas tree. But we keep that one on the balcony, so...

Anyway, I watched Adventsfest von den 100,000 Lichtern on ARD last night, moderated by Florian Silbereisen. It was really stimmungsvoll, as the Germans would say (I don't know the proper English word, sorry), even though they had to invite some so-called superstars who can't sing. (Michelle, anyone?) The music wasn't necessarily always my cup of tea, and the kissing up to the Princess and her guardian angel silliness tasted of saccharine, but it got me into the Advent mood nicely.

I need to start baking Christmas cookies, soon. Usually, I'm knee-deep into Christmas baking at this time of the year, but yesterday I had to make an apple cake (too many apples I didn't want to waste), and that was quite enough. And I've all but finished packing the Christmas presents that go to foreign countries, to my online friends. Wrote most of the Christmas cards, too. All in all, a very productive weekend.

Have a blessed pre-Christmas time, all of you!

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[lhun-dweller.livejournal.com]

I am VERY impressed. I haven't even checked to see if we need more cards this year. We often buy ones we like on after-the-holidays clearance, put them away and forget about them!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

We got our cards out of charity. No, really! Mum and I support various charity efforts, from Red Nose to Williams Syndrome children and those artists who paint either with their mouths or their feet, and as a thank-you, we get cards from the latter ones each year.

As for Christmas baking, I'm actually woefully late this year. Usually, I start in the middle of November - now December starts tomorrow and I haven't baked a single Christmas cookie yet. *sighs*