Day 84. Christmas is coming to town

    I'm really enjoying every moment I'm spending in the kindergarten:) Everything is so new to me even though 20 years ago I was a kid too. 20 years! Wow! 

   Today I was pleasantly surprised to see that all the teachers in the kindergarten have started to decorate their classes for the beautiful month of Christmas. There were cute snowmen, fluffy snowflakes, colorful tinsel and Christmas balls everywhere:) 

   The teacher in the photo chose to decorate the Christmas tree with the kids. You should have seen them waiting in line full of enthusiasm to give the teacher a Christmas ball for the tree:) It was magical:) The way Christmas should be. Pitty the prettiest part are the preparations and that Christmas passes so fast. But meanwhile, let's enjoy the preparations!:)

   Starting with Monday, I'm directing my attention towards Christmas gifts for my family!:) This year, I can really afford it:) I can't wait to make them happy! They deserve it for being so great:)

Day 63. The beginning of a purple winter

   There are only 45 days left til next Christmas:) This year it's gonna be a purple winter for me and I've been planning this since last year so I'm really excited about it!:)  

   Christmas is definitely my favourite holiday of the year but usually the most beautiful part of it aren't those proper 3 Christmas days since they pass so fast you can barely feel them but the "I can't wait for it to be here", the preparations part, the shopping spree for gifts and decorations:) The thing is that we feel those 3 days differently at different ages and as we grow older we lose the sparkle within and we start seeing Christmas as a necessity. 

   So this year I realized it's exactly the shopping spree that makes me all warm and fuzzy inside no matter the age, the going in the supermarkets and fairs and looking for the proper decorations. This is what gets me in the Christmas mood. This and, some days, the winter air that announces it. 

   You'd say that all these are the wrong reasons for liking Christmas. I know. I've been there, I've done that. But in the end it's not "how it should be" that matters, but "how YOU feel it should be". Christmas is such a beautiful holiday that is not worth it spending the days before it feeling guilty for liking the Christmas decorations more than singing carols. I love carols but, let's face it, they're "stronger" when you're a child. So let's just keep the inner child within and upgrade our love for Christmas in the way we know best. For me, it's all about making my room pretty for those 3 days that pass so fast:)

So let the Christmas shopping spree begin!:D