in the last few days, i might have been bored, but i've understood something really important. for me christmas is and always will be with the family. there are things that i've been doing since i was a kid, rituals, that make what christmas is for me. those are mostly things i do with my mum; and one day, i hope i'll be doing them with my kids and pass onto them my love for christmas... it's decorating the christmas tree and the house, with all of our pretty glass things from all over the world. it's having an advent calendar, sort of 'hand-made' by my mum. it's having german christmas biscuits to eat. it's making gingerbread biscuits. which is what we're doing at the moment, for the first time in a couple of years. :) even though i hate ginger, i absolutely adore gingerbread... just reminds me of my childhood.
now i've been getting so excited about making cookies that i've decided to do lots more tomorrow, and then i can bring them back to london with me. so i'm going to make almond sugar cookies and applesauce cookies. *yum* i can't wait. XD
i wouldn't be surprised if in 10 years' time i was very fat. ;p