Believe it or not when we were in the UK we missed Coshocton's Christmas parade ... yes really!! It was on Saturday November 19th ... for some reason always the Saturday before Thanksgiving, nowhere near Christmas.
Over the last two years we have learnt that the majority of people seem to put their Christmas decorations up over the Thanksgiving weekend or shortly afterwards. As we were all feeling groggy and still getting back into the groove after our trip to the UK, we embraced this 'tradition' and last Saturday got out all of our Christmas decorations and got busy in the house.
We had great fun and for the first year Abigail was really involved in it all ... in fact every day since, she has spent time rearranging the ornaments. Naomi, for whom all things Christmassy is a completely new experience, looked on with a smile on her face!
Here are the finished decorations, at least for the next 5 minutes until Abigail moves something else around! There's a real cosy feel in our house now ... even if it's not even December 1st until tomorrow!
Having done inside the house on Saturday, we put some decorations up on the front porch on Sunday .. another very American thing which we thought we'd do while we're here! As it was a cold and miserable day, Jenny and Abigail embraced yet another cultural tradition that afternoon, one which Abigail had enjoyed with Amy last year, decorating a gingerbread house.
So while it may seem a little early ... Christmas has well and truly arrived in our home and we're loving every minute of it!
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