Welcome to my perfumed garden

It's definitely far from the norm here to have our Christmas Day so early. It started with us when our kids were born. We always went to Mum's and Dads for the holiday, but I also wanted to have our own little Christmas Day here. Besides which, we never would've had room for all our presents for Mum, Dad, my sister and brother and their families in our Toyota. So we would have it the closest weekend before Christmas.

Our kids always believed that Santa made a special early trip here and then went to Grandma and Grandpa's. *g*

The choir I sang with always had a lovely evening performance by the lake on our little mountain, so we'd all go to that on our "Christmas Eve". It was very special.

It worked out extra well once our kids got married, because it meant they ALWAYS spent "Christmas" with us, no matter what they were doing with in-laws and such.

It got switched to this early, because our s-i-l's birthday is Dec. 10th. Since he's a chef in a restaurant and their busiest times are weekends, he couldn't get a weekend off now to celebrate his birthday AND the weekend before Christmas, so a couple of years ago, we decided to do both on the same weekend.

So since Mum died, it's just been J. and I alone on Christmas Day. Last year, being the first without her, was rather bittersweet, but at least we had our "normal" Christmas Day with our daughter and s-i-l. Unfortunately, it's been three years since our son and d-i-l were able to join us.

Anyway, I'm sure this is more than you ever wanted to know about our family celebration this time of year, but there you have it. *g*

I hope you and your husband have a lovely time during the whole season. =>}