carols by natural light!

so thursday was my first bit of actually christmass ness, and i still bit puzzled by it!

so down to the kids school and out onto the grass; open the wine and nibbles (we're too disorganised to actually have a real picnic ready). and sit in the sun as it drives down the heat from above (ok slight exaggeration but it was a nice temp that eve). the carols musicians warm up to some christmas snow which i did have to be confused by as it involved snow!! however during the actual carols there was one vage mention so i will allow it. but just before it started one of the teachers i had just met said to me, "bet you they will sing 'dreaming of an white christmas'"; and luckily there were kinda wrong.

the whole of concept of a bbq christmas has nearly sunk in, but not quite. but it is making me think about what christmas is to me, and how i feel coming up to it (back home). seeing photos of a visit to see two girls in a certain Southampton uni and their trip to that christmas market with street lights and all the crew there wrapped up so so so so so so much. to me that is the build up to christmas, but do i need that to make christmas christmas?? 

as i mull over what is christmas and what does christmas mean to me, i would be interested to try and follow all my thinking but of course i lame enough to easily forget the moments that made me think about them, lol. but i am sure that it will be constantly changed until after christmas its self.

but the culture of christmas and new year from what i am learning are much more socialable and i think that that is so much better and nicer, but that is so much easier with the nicer weather and being able to sit and enjoy it all outside.