Happy CHRISTMAS!

What a lovely morning I had. The great thing about being ready early is that anything you choose to do afterwards is a bonus, so walking through town today was a treat, I didn't need anything but found a pile of extra treats that were half price and splendid, crocodile slipper socks for £1, socks and more socks for Sophie, even Narnia socks for Elijah, who has put himself to sleep the past 3 nights by whispering about the socks santa will bring " Maybe superman, maybe lion king, deffaly Scooby-doo" I am very touched and less suprised by this excitement over socks, I was puzzled until I thought and you see, H is a sensible chap, he worked out long ago that life is so much simpler if everyone has just one type of sock , he has wilson white socks with a W at the top, the boys all wear the same size socks and always have hanes from grandpa which is heaven when it comes to sorting socks, no rifling through til you find the matching one because they ALL MATCH, hoorah. So for Eli to discover that socks can actually have pictures on must seem like some kind of magical happening, the very idea of having his favourite people and things on his feet is a giddy thought for him.
I am sure that the thrill for him will be worth the slight inconvenience to me when it comes time to fold and pair them.
The thing I love about living here is that we wander through the streets to shop, no malls near us, just streets of shops and lovely buskers, especially this time of year. Today there were a couple of men in their 40s I suppose singing christmas songs and a load of teenagers were standing around singing along, you can't help but feel festive and cheery when you're accompanied by happy people singing christmas songs.
Yesterday there was a school choir singing carols. Everywhere you look there are Merry Christmas signs , Happy christmas.
It's unseasonabley warm and dry here which sorts or stops it feeling very christmassy but I can so live with that, if we miss the cold I can handle it without feeling any sense if loss at all.
I wrapped the stocking fillers last night, santa always uses tissue paper to wrap stocking gifts, roughly wrapped so its easy to rip that stuff open and get at it all.
I am calmly and a little disbelievingly ready. I have that feeling that I have forgotten something BIG and IMPORTANT....know what I mean?
I love it when I get to this stage, the part where we can say if we haven't got it, we'll go without......uh oh, except I forgot to buy toilet paper, darn it.