The nom time of the year

Yes it's getting to that time of the year and guess what? In all this grump messed up craziness I got one!

With the help of the Teddy Bears, I can count down the days toward Christmas while noming on small squares of milk chocolate.

Don't ask what other folks may make of it but if I feel the need to have an Advent Calendar then I do and other peoples opinions don't come into it.

In other news, our community Christmas Tree is up, decorated, fully illuminated and carol singing whereas the Council tree is much smaller but has four penguins by it.

I don't know what penguins have to do with Christmas but still.. 

Advent begins

Advent begins with the change of Month on Sunday so we are getting through the Calendar one munch at a time while the local christmas tree is up and illuminated just opposite the park ready for community activities such as carolling.

As much as I love Christmas trees, the aroma of Pine is well burned into my memories, given the Grump situation I cannot see him putting one up.

Given we do CatMas here, the the 12 days of CatMas will be sung however!

Advent again

 It's that month again so lasting just longer than Prime Ministers these days we start the BIG COUNTDOWN.

It's entirely normal here for there to be an Advent Calendar as that's what I grew up with and not much has changed with me anyway so there won't be any groan up versions.

This time around Disney is involved and why not?

How many Disney movies have you seen at the movie theatre or on the small screen, read the novelizations of  and coloured in the colouring books reasonably neatly?

Thought so. Here we have one advent calendar that has lots of mini story books included  you can read or better still, get some one to read them to you.

 

We should be bringing down the christmas tree for its annual decoration today together with the nativity scene that we've had for over twenty-five years on its base.

Things are starting to arrive although trying to organize Xmas with poorly grump you need to run errands for and keep an eye on.

I am working on the Christmas blogging schedule so I get a rest here and on the Tumblr, final post should be December 19th according to my main notes and resumption  being around the 26th.

I'm unsure if we'll do the blog on Xmas day thing this year with it being a Sunday and things here a bit up in the air.

Anyway, see you next week!

Advent edition

Well, it's a brand new Month tomorrow which by coincidence  also marks the start of the great countdown otherwise known as Advent which from childhood always was a magical thing aided by having a calendar.

 
Way back then, they were card based  with you pulling back a flap to uncover various things and at least in our house, nominally religious in character.

 This is a very nomable which is currently atop of a short floor standing bookcase facing the front room window cos I don't care anymore. 

 
A middle lives in this house and does stuff like this apart from colouring her Frozen colouring in most days!

 
Just open a door each day, eat some chocolate and see the days before Christmas go before your very eyes.

Here I'm always back in time, probably cos I never really went forward.

 

That's how I see me in my head in a lot of respects and anyone expecting much else is likely to have a very very long wait.

Advent 2013

As we're slowly getting toward Christmas and slowly being the operative word  having been without the internet for over 48 hours (rant) my mind drifts back to how we always used to count it down.

That's right the Advent Calender, and that's mine for this year, ready to be put up on living room wall and being with milk chocolate, also consumed!
Guessed you'd of thought it just had to feature that cat!!!