Day 6 (30 posts about anything at all)

[forest_choir]

Tomorrow, I'm going to begin a new crafting project: a small cross-stitched wreath.
Went out today to look for red floss for stitching the holly berries.
Very amused to discover that the perfect red colour is numbered 666.

Also surprised to find white glow-in-the-dark embroidery floss.
Must find a use for this... 

We're preparing for the Yule feast on Saturday.
Haven't bought nearly enough apples, potatoes, or cheese...
But enemyfrigate's present is done.
stormsongk's present is wrapped and hidden so he can't peek at it.

My sister W graduates from university tomorrow.
We're all so proud of her for going back to school in her 40s and graduating on-time despite recovering from back surgery. 
Bravo, sis!  We love you.

 

Comments

[eviljy.livejournal.com]

I'm curious what the Yule Feast consist of for you guys? Esp the "not nearly enough apples, potatoes, or cheese". I looked it up on wikipedia (this a Germanic traditions? really? o.O) but I've the feeling what it says there has not much in common with your Yule Feast.

My family isn't religious at all. We used to put up a Christmas tree (but we got those you can plant in your garden later and since that is full now we don't bother with a tree anymore) and exchange gifts on the 24th (which we later changed to a family shopping trip either between the years or early January, with the day starting with going out for breakfast). Actually for us it's more of a family day with lots of good food and a strict "no fights" rule. Food gets prepared together and we talk about the year or whatever interesting things happened we want to share. This is mostly because after 4 weeks of Christmas Market we need a less hectic day and some time with the family outside of work. To a sense it's more a "thank gawd the (work) season is over!! ... still can't believe we survived Christmas Market". ;)

[forest-choir.livejournal.com]

Our feast isn't religious either.
In fact, it sounds a lot like yours. :)
My chosen family consists of Christians, Pagans, atheists, agnostics, and my husband's nearly Buddhist views.

Most of the time, we put up a small tree. (I'd love to plant Christmas trees at our house in the future.) We get together for a weekend - sometimes up to a dozen of us - and spend the time cooking, enjoying our time together, and exchanging gifts. (Frigate was a bit sad because we can't find Ritter Sport yogurt-flavoured chocolate bars over here.)

We have the "no fights" rule, too.
Some of us see each other so infrequently that we don't want to spend the time squabbling. This year, one friend drove 9 hours (each way) to spend the weekend with us.

[eviljy.livejournal.com]

Hah! You just gave me an idea for a Christmas present for her. :D

I still have some stuff I need to send her but I thought it would be better to wait till the new year, when the post service is less stressed. This means I've got time to hunt down some Ritter Sport for her.

This year our Christmas is going to be rather quiet and lonely with only my parents and me, eps. since I can barely manage to be up long enough to have dinner. But my brother and his wife are coming to visit after New Year's Eve and I haven't seen him in a year (his wife even longer) so I'm really looking forward to that. They're too packed with work themselves to make the trip during Christmas and also her family lives close by so it makes more sense for them to spend it there then drive 5-7hrs to our place. But I miss the "good old days".

[forest-choir.livejournal.com]

What is the Christmas Market?

[eviljy.livejournal.com]

Has Frigate ever mentioned what my family does for a living?

Here's a website that describes quiet nicely what Hanover Christmas Market looks like.

We're in the main area, the part that is around the Market Church (which you can see on the top picture) and have been there with our current shop for exactly 30yrs. :) However my family has been part of it for generations with variety of different shops and attractions.

Here's a picture of our shop (from 2009). Sadly daylight pictures never look that good but it almost impossible to get a clear view of the shop in the evenings...

If you're curious I've got a folder of pictures up that show various shops of my family over time and different events, including how this one originally looked before we rebuild it (but the grill is still the same as 30yrs ago).