Dave and I have some hippy tendencies, there's no way around it. In an effort to cut down on waste, I've wrapped his presents in some fat quarters from my stash. I was inspired by furoshiki, but cheated a bit by tying most of the packages with kitchen twine.
Here's his pile of blue-and-green-dotted gifts (side note: I adore dots.):
This cute little box didn't get the twine, and I just had to show you how darling it is:
We've hung the Advent calendar.
I've had this calendar since I was tiny, but last year got the bright idea to put candies in it, in addition to the mouse. Dave has grown very attached to the mouse, and has named him Reynaldo.
Tomorrow we'll hang tiny ornaments on our potted ficus. We'll have Christmas crustaceans for dinner (usually snow crap*, but this year Ina's Roasted Shrimp Cocktail). Dave will bake cookies until it's time to bundle up late in the evening and trundle off to midnight mass.
Christmas Day is so often stressful in our families; all the magic happens on Christmas Eve. It's mass that I always look forward to, and I'm already longing for the candlelight and song.
*Whoops! It's not snow crap-- Dave's an excellent cook. It's snow crab!
Furoshiki! It's been along time since I've heard that word!
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I hope Christmas Eve was as magical as hoped and that Christmas Day isn't too much of a crash--I get that too, even though this is one of the loveliest and lowest stress family visits in years. Prayers.
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