I have decided that I am definitely celebrating Christmas this year.
I am putting up a tree (actually, that part is already done), am baking Christmas cookies, stringing lights, and singing yule tide carols till the cows, errr, reindeer come home. I'm even hosting a Christmas holiday party!
I have spent the last several Christmases somewhere other than with my family and this has made me sad and depressed every single year. Well, no more, I say! It's time for me to make Christmas my own, regardless of where I spend it, whether that's Philly, Kansas or Turkey.
Last year Jeff, in a noble attempt to stave off my annual holiday blues, bought us a cute little artificial tree about a meter tall along with a string of lights and some ornaments. We put up that tree just a few days ago.
Of course, Frankie wanted in on the action too.
I bet you're wondering how long exactly that tree stayed up there on the table with four cats in the house.
Not long at all. In fact, since putting it up, we've decided it's easier to leave the tree on the floor and only put it up on the table with the lights on when we're actually in the salon to enjoy it. Otherwise, I could spend all day picking that damn tree up and rearranging the lights and fallen ornaments.
Isn't it cute? The cat, I mean, not the tree. I think the tree needs a bit more work. Maybe another string of lights and some more ornaments. And definitely a star on top. That would make it more festive.
So, as I attempt to celebrate my own infidel version of Christmas, complete with homemade eggnog and a Victorian England-era party, I'll post here on how it goes. I've asked my mom and mother-in-law for some cookie recipes, many of which I've never made before even though I've spent my whole life eating them every December! To start us off, in a few days I'll post the most amazing -- and the easiest! -- sugar cookie recipe ever! (And you can do it all with local ingredients!)
What about you? Do you celebrate Christmas in Turkey? How do you do it?
