I’m first, I’m first!!!!
In the not too
distant future, we are all going to be inundated with pictures of the perfect
Christmas trees our friends have created and then we’ll really know the race
towards the festive season has commenced. Since the advent of Facebook, and
other social media channels, our lives have changed dramatically, and a
significant change for me has been the collective sharing of photos around
special annual events – First Day of
School, Thanksgiving feasts, 40th b’day parties, kids birthday
parties, birth photos, annual holidays, Halloween costumes, etc, etc, etc… I love
it as I feel more connected to all of the wonderful people I’ve met around the
world and it makes me feel I’m still a part of their lives.
However, the
Christmas tree sharing season gives me the chills. Firstly, it means the end of
another year has come too quickly, and secondly, I’m about as good at
decorating a Christmas tree as I am at decorating a bloody birthday cake! Another
feminine quality I missed along the way…
But the
Christmas festivities have moved to centre stage in our home, because Lex was
absolutely DEVASTATED when we took the Christmas tree down last January. Our
little man cried and cried, ‘cos he just loved it and took on 100 per cent
responsibility for light management. Dealing with these intense emotions, we
said to him that as soon as his birthday was over, we’ll put the Christmas tree
up. Well his birthday was November the 12th, and that meant the tree
had to go up on November the 13th. We’d made him a promise and he
did not let us forget it.
So here it is - the
first social sharing of a Christmas tree within my community and also my first
ever sharing of a self-decorated Christmas tree, because I cannot compete with
the decorators I know and love! However did you notice how I only captured a small
segment of the tree – showing off my signature colour red? Yes? Well that’s
because as a total image, it looks like shit, and I know this, because very
soon my friends will share magnificent trees, with brand new decorations
brought just for this years’ tree, all colour themed, with decorations
perfectly placed because symmetry is important, but more than that, it will be featured
in a beautiful place in the house, with loads of space around it, everyone will
go awwww ain’t that pretty, and the perfection will be complete.
Yeah well that
ain’t my tree, which is currently bunched up between a couple of kids’ tables
holding the boys car racing track and a shitty side chair we hate, but it needs
to be there so the lights can reach the closest electrical socket…..
It’s not
perfect but my boys love it, it’s a cheery little addition to the home, and
here we go again, facing yet another another lead up to Christmas - may it be a jolly time for one and all. Also from this day forth, I
can promise you one thing – for the foreseeable future (i.e. until Lex is a
teen and Christmas ain’t cool anymore) I won’t be sharing the prettiest
Christmas tree, but I will be sharing the first!
Yours, without
the bollocks
Andrea
PS: if you’re an annual buyer of Christmas decorations, it
seems IKEA
has gone for a bit of a gingham theme this year… 
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