Today, Christmas Eve, is my favourite part of the holiday season. It's the day I go to see It's a Wonderful Life at the cinema. For me it's the best part of Christmas. It's a million miles away from the commercial scrum that this time of year has become, and that's refreshing.
Before that though, I still have to ice my cake. The marzipan was put on yesterday, so once it's iced, it's good to go. The coeliac friendly cake for Karen was made yesterday, and it's all ready for her. Dinner is pretty much sorted as well, just need to make a sauce, which will take me about half an hour, so that can wait till tomorrow.
I'm just waiting for the switch to flick on the tv ads, where they go from "last minute Christmas gifts" to "Sale starts Boxing Day". When I was a kid, I remember the sales started in January, and if you had got any gift vouchers for Christmas, it was a case of being torn between buying that book that you really wanted, or waiting till the sales and maybe getting it cheaper. Now everything is last minute discounts BEFORE Christmas, and big sales the day after. It's all about parting you from your money now, and there's very little of the magic of Christmas left.
Before that though, I still have to ice my cake. The marzipan was put on yesterday, so once it's iced, it's good to go. The coeliac friendly cake for Karen was made yesterday, and it's all ready for her. Dinner is pretty much sorted as well, just need to make a sauce, which will take me about half an hour, so that can wait till tomorrow.
I'm just waiting for the switch to flick on the tv ads, where they go from "last minute Christmas gifts" to "Sale starts Boxing Day". When I was a kid, I remember the sales started in January, and if you had got any gift vouchers for Christmas, it was a case of being torn between buying that book that you really wanted, or waiting till the sales and maybe getting it cheaper. Now everything is last minute discounts BEFORE Christmas, and big sales the day after. It's all about parting you from your money now, and there's very little of the magic of Christmas left.
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