Christmas Decorations
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Christmas Begins and Ends in the Attic
Christmas is my favourite holiday and my favourite time of year. As soon as the radio stations begin cranking out the old evergreen Christmas numbers, I am in the attic picking through the assortment of dusty Christmas decorations, pausing now and then to relive precious moments from the year before. There are plenty of boxes of stuff to wade through. It takes a few hours but I get those decorations scattered all over the house. A few weeks later and I’m back in the attic again, packing the delicate survivors into their tissue wrappings to hibernate until next year.
My wife hates the moment I charge up to the attic, taking the steps two at a time, because she knows she’ll most likely be recruited to do some tedious decorating or else be abandoned to look after everything I’ve dropped in my mad rush to start XMAS DECORATING. She often escapes to visit a friend, and if I’m lucky she’ll take the kids with her. Then I’m alone, and as I prise one of last year’s fragile silver angels out of it’s box, I feel close to heaven.
A Good Way to Illuminate your House (while your partner is in the attic)
Last year, I handed her a box of Christmas lights and asked her to decorate the outside bushes and porch. She looked a bit relieved to be getting out of the house. Later she admitted that I might as well have handed her a bucket of mud and asked her to clean the windows. But she’s a clever and resourceful woman. One phone call, unbeknown to me, and the whole house was illuminated by nightfall.
The Spirit of Christmas
Over the years, I’ve collected many Christmas decorations that belonged to grandparents or other relatives. The kids have chewed/snapped/mislaid/fed the cat with some of them over the years, but I still have a sizeable working collection left. I’ve purchased antique Christmas decorations as well, often on E-bay. I like to think that the previous owner it gets to pass on some of their Christmas spirit when I display those once cherished Christmas decorations. My grandmother used to love Christmas. She would decorate her entire house, inside and outside, and had some of the most beautiful pieces. Once she passed away, I inherited them, and they still form the core of my collection of antique Christmas decorations. I make sure that I display some of her favourites every year.
USB Powered Miniature Christmas Tree with Multicolor LEDs
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The Magic of Christmas
I put my Christmas decorations up right after Thanksgiving and display them until New Year’s Day. The holiday season is such a wonderful time of the year and the decorations only enhance its happiness and joy in my family. We make a big point of decorating the tree as a family and putting the stockings out. While my children no longer believe in Santa, the magic of Christmas still exists. Their stockings are one of the first things they rummage for when the boxes of Christmas decorations are brought down from the attic
Christmas Berserkers at the Mall
Once the holiday season has officially arrived, trips to the mall can resemble Viking raids. Many shoppers don’t even bother to pay attention to the time and effort that people spent decorating, but I do. I try to not get upset when the stores are more crowded and people aren’t being as polite as they normally are. I take the time to admire the Christmas decorations and enjoy the hustle and bustle of life around me.
Next time you are standing in a queue, arms full of gifts, wishing the person in front of you would hurry up or be dragged off by Christmas gnomes, take some time to glance around. Admire the beauty of the season. It’s not all about shopping, you know. There are still those who want to express their inner joy at being alive, and Christmas fills them with the inspiration to do just that. Perhaps this is what we mean by Christmas spirit.
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Eoin Beckett is a freelance author and editor. Although he stems from Ireland, he currently lives and works in Copenhagen, Denmark. Read more about Christmas Decorations at Juletide - the ancient and magical word for Christmas.
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