Happy Christmas everyone!
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wiseheartOurs turned out a very modest one this year, since we're both ill, so even the Christmas tree had to be small enough to fit into the corner of the living room. Usually, we have it on the balkony, which is closed yet not heated, so it's the ideal place. But Mum insisted that with my godawful cold I shouldn't decorate the tree on the icy balcony, so - after 15 years - this time the tree is allowed to stay within the room.
It's not a very pretty tree, poor thing, as I only bought it yesterday and the selection wasn't that great anymore, but it's all ours. It looks nice enough, and at least it didn't end on the rubbish heap right away. Trees are people, too, after all.
As usual, we didn't make a big thing of the presents. I took Mum to the trip to Schloßhof, and she took me to the trip to Vienna, and that was the main item. Other than that, I got her a jumper and some caramel-filled chocolate, and she got me a Hobbit calendar, with the illustrations of Alan Lee abd John Howe. I happened to glimpse that calendar in the bookshop and made a sad face (cos it was outrageously expensive), and Mum decided that it would be the ideal Christmas gift, as I wouldn't buy it for myself. Mum is wonderful that way.
Other than that, we're both nursing our various illnesses and idulge in our "Tour of Duty" marathon. It's not the ideal thing, because of said illnesses, but we're happy enough, which I wish you all, guys. *hugs*
It's not a very pretty tree, poor thing, as I only bought it yesterday and the selection wasn't that great anymore, but it's all ours. It looks nice enough, and at least it didn't end on the rubbish heap right away. Trees are people, too, after all.
As usual, we didn't make a big thing of the presents. I took Mum to the trip to Schloßhof, and she took me to the trip to Vienna, and that was the main item. Other than that, I got her a jumper and some caramel-filled chocolate, and she got me a Hobbit calendar, with the illustrations of Alan Lee abd John Howe. I happened to glimpse that calendar in the bookshop and made a sad face (cos it was outrageously expensive), and Mum decided that it would be the ideal Christmas gift, as I wouldn't buy it for myself. Mum is wonderful that way.
Other than that, we're both nursing our various illnesses and idulge in our "Tour of Duty" marathon. It's not the ideal thing, because of said illnesses, but we're happy enough, which I wish you all, guys. *hugs*
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Date: 2012-12-24 06:57 pm (UTC)So glad you gave a sad Christmas tree a home over Christmas! We don't even have a fake one this year, we simply don't seem to have the energy to decorate, but we have lots of pretty cards!
Your Hobbit calendar sounds lovely! Alan Lee and John Howe's illustrations are wonderful.
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Date: 2012-12-25 01:58 pm (UTC)The little tree turned out quite nice. Sure, it has twisted boughs, and it's a bit bald in the middle, but with strategically placed ornaments, it isn't that bad, after all.
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Date: 2012-12-26 04:50 am (UTC)(I got the Sherlock Calendar, which is nice as well! :D )
(...I'm also down with a pretty bad head-cold, courtesy of my dad! XD)
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