Decorations are up at our caravan, as we'll only be there 4 more nights before Christmas!
The tree at home will go up sometime during the week 16 - 20 December (it has to be up by 21st, ready for our Yule Dinner on the Solstice).
Pressies ... hmmm! I've bought one from Amazon (not delivered yet), so I've made a start! Daughter wants money as she wants some acessories for her bow (she's an archer), and they are very specialised, so I can't buy them for her - she will have to take her bow to the shop so she can make sure everything feels right when it's all assembled! So I'll just need to find a few silly bits so she has something to open. MIL is easy - she's told us what she wants. My Mum is a nightmare to buy for! She doesn't read, listen to music or watch dvds, she doesn't like 'smellies', so nice toiletries are out ... I could go on! There's a good chance she'll end up with a big box of Thornton's Continental (the adults in our family have never made a big thing of Christmas - token gifts, really, so she won't think I'm being stingy!). Hubby - not a clue! But, I've still got 3 weeks, so I'm not panicking yet (much)!
Food - now you're talking! I LOVE Christmas cooking, I'm going to sit down tonight and make my lists - all bells and whistles dinner for 8 for Yule, lower-key but still special for 4 for Christmas Day (has to be toned down a bit from my usual as I'll be cooking it at Mum's and she has a tiny kitchen and a very small gas oven (I'm used to a big electric fan oven!), and some very special party-type things for New Year (just the 3 of us - how we like it) that daughter and I will make. Now, THIS is the planning and list-making I can get excited about!
