Elizabeth’s Journal

Getting in that Familiar Spirit

We (Joy, Brian, and myself) put out the house Christmas decorations this evening, and I must say it looks very nice and warm and welcoming. Candlelight is so attractive and gentle, much nicer than electric light. If I were rich and could afford to be eccentric, I think I’d have my entire house lit by candlelight only (didn’t Cher do that?).

I have made a minor start towards the candlelight thing by ordering some Candlebulbs, which I intend to use at either a Xmas open house or simply for Xmas Eve and/or Xmas Day dinner. After that I’ll use them for any special occasion that arises, even if just a night with my sweetie. I think they’re going to look beautiful.

Now the only thing remaining (already got the lights on the bushes in front of the house) is to get a tree and decorate it, which we are going to do this Saturday afternoon. Jonathan is as excited as he can be about getting a tree. Something I’ve done for him this year is to get a little (about 1-1/2’ tall) fake tree with a string of 10 lights and some unbreakable ornaments that he can decorate himself and have in his bedroom. I think he’s going to love it. In our lounge (the den, or family room) I have put up a little tree (artificial) that my Grama Sprong put up for many years. It’s very nice to have a tree that I remember seeing for so many years in my grandmother’s house, plus it’s really nice to have a little tree (it’s probably 2-1/2’ tall max) in the room we spend a lot of time in; in our house, the tree is out in the front room, where we do spend some time, but the kitchen doesn’t open onto it unfortunately.

Something I am pleased about this year was finding a nice, sturdy set of angel chimes (scroll down nearly to the bottom) at the Pecan Street Emporium this year. Hopefully they’ll last a while.

Also, I got Jonathan a bubble light nightlight as he loved the bubble lights he saw on a wreath today at The Famous Christmas Store. Dale said it looked like a lava lamp, so I’ll probably get one for my dad as a stocking stuffer; my mom said she’d disown me if I got him a full-sized one, since he’d insist on putting it in a main room and she has no desire to modify her decor to accommodate a lava lamp. There’s just no accounting for some people’s tastes . . . and you can take that to be a comment on either my dad or my mom, whichever you prefer . . .

Posted by elizabeth at December 6, 2002 02:04 AM