The traditional Christmas events that make the holiday

season so special and so much fun are happening now

as we enter December and the days leading up to 

Christmas pass by.

Last night was Holiday Magic .... when the shops

on Georgetown's main street stay open late and there 

are special things on offer such as cups of hot apple

cider and cookies, and free colouring books for the 

children at the White Rabbit second hand book store

and horse and buggy rides around the side streets.

Knox Presbyterian church - which is located right 

in downtown Georgetown - had a Christmas market in 

their basement with vendors selling everything from 

garden produce to home baked goodies, hand made 

jewellery and hand knitted winter wear plus lots more.

I figured it would be a great opportunity to do a

bit of Christmas shopping and so arranged for DH

to meet me there after work.   Good sport that he

is DH acted as my parcel bearer making occasional

trips back to the car when his arms could no longer

hold everything.

I crossed a few names off my gift list and we had

fun listening to various groups of carollers and to a one 

man band and we laughed at the antics of the

"tin soldier" on stilts.  

In the front window of one store was this

tree that snows.   Snow comes out the top

and sprays downwards until it is caught

in the umbrella like skirt below and recycled

back up (through the trunk I presume) to 

fall again.

A novelty but not very practical to put in

a typical household with kids and/or pets

I would think.   And yes, these are available

for sale.    I can just see my two cats jumping

into that umbrella skirt and "snow" flying 

everywhere.   No thank you.

And speaking of the cats.   Here's Rupert in one

of his favourite boxes.   I've put a blanket in this

one so if he wants to nap in there he'll be comfortable.

Phoebe under the Christmas tree.

The tree skirt is forever being pounced

on, burrowed under and pulled at as

the cats play tag and generally get 

rambunctious below the branches

whilst the tree overhead sways and the 

ornaments jingle and someone (me) 

starts yelling.

Tonight is the Christmas gathering for

DH's work.   We're going to Tucker's

Marketplace which is someplace that

I've never been before.  I'm told that

its a buffet which is great because I'm

greedy  I love having multiple choices

of dishes instead of having to try and 

make a single meal choice.

 I went to the hair dressers

this week and had my hair chopped off

and coloured.    I've been growing it out

this year but I'm afraid that I don't have

a lot of patience when it comes to fussing

with my hair and the longer it gets the more

frustrated and annoyed I get with it. 

I reached the end of my rope this week.

Since I wanted it to look half decent when

we went out for dinner Saturday night I

had the deed done.   I'm relieved.

I have one day of work this coming week

and then I'm off for four days.   During

that time a trip into Toronto is planned

to check out the Christmas decorations,

do a bit more shopping and lunch with

friends.    Then I plan on getting as 

much of my Christmas baking done as

possible.     And perhaps some gift

wrapping as well.    We'll see.

Cheers!