That Festive Feeling – The Good
Posted: Mon 18 December, 2006 Filed under: Domestic, Festering Season, Thoughts 3 Comments »
In the post earlier this week about Christmas Parties, Gordon commented
I get you don’t like Xmas but it’s surely not healthy to be quite so vitriolic about it? Surely there is SOMETHING about this time of year you like?
And in fairness, yes, there are some things about this season I like. It’s just that none of them relate to the Festering Season. I love seeing the way the tree’s leaves change colours, even the sight of them blowing down and filling areas on the streets. I love the misty mornings, the views, the way everything appears different as the seasons change.
I don’t like the way the days get so much shorter, but at the same time I love the cooler temperatures, and still walk wherever I can in just shirtsleeves. I love sitting out in the local park at lunchtime, getting fresh air , even if there’s no-one else around, or most people are complaining that it’s bitterly cold. Hell, I’ve only really started wearing a coat in the last two weeks – and even that’s only because the wind at Attleborough station is bloody freezing at half seven in the morning.
So yes, there’s a lot I love.
The next post, though, may go some way to explaining the vitriol about it too…
Yeah I like the cooler temperatures too but not in shirtsleeves, are you a mental?! And I don’t really equate Festering with the changing of leaves. That’s autumn (although the way the seasons have migrated I guess Christmas in autumn is about right).
And I really must start carrying my camera more often, some lovely morning ‘vistas’ that are being missed!
At the end of the day there is a lot of the good, the bad and the ugly but christmas happens every year whether we like it or not and all we can do is enjoy it in the best way possible.
p.s i can vouch for the sleeveless thing – Makesme shiver just thinking about it (from under the duvet!)