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gaia_child @ : Christmas Day
This year's Christmas season is very harmonious and peaceful indeed.
Firstly, because of our Christmas tree, it's very special to have a real tree in our new home. We decorated it with baubles and lights - it looks wonderful and gives a lovely smell creating christmas-y atmosphere:) Plus, the smell of oranges also reminds me of Christmas:)
Secondly, Christmas Eve was very pleasant, with lots of laughter, good humour, delicious fish (mostly carp and herring) and mushroom dishes and presents! Santa has again been particularly generous:) I got a lot of gifts for our new home: food processor (juicer, grinder, blender etc), fitted bed sheet, a collection of towels and lots of other smaller gifts: pyjamas, chocolates, chocolate bars, Chocolate Bottles with Liqueur, a lovely perfume and deodorant from Marcin - C-thru Pearl Garden, and Musk and Jasmine Bath Oil... Marcin got scented computer pillows to put under wrist; Amber Bath Oil; some sweets and peanuts. I got also some money from my grandpa and my cousin.
Christmas Day was also very nice. Marcin visited my grandma for the first time. It was a huge family gathering: my grandma, my dad, my sister and her b/f, my cousin from Warsaw with her husband and a little girl - Julia, and my second cousin with her husband and 2 daughters: Kinga (11) and Lidia (2). 13 people altogether. My mum was absent because she had to be at work, and my uncle and aunt were absent because of uncle's illness. But for them, there would have been 16 members of my family at the Chrismas table - a true record! Because there 3 small children, most of the attention focused on them. They entertained all adults: What sound does a cow make? A dog make? A duck make? Say Mama! etc... :) So, Marcin and I, with my sister and herb/f weren't tortured with questions about getting married, our present jobs or lack of them, studies or lack of them etc... Thanks to it, the atmosphere was quite relaxed and friendly. Plus, our uncle was absent, so there wasn't excessive vodka drinking or heated and pointless discussions about politics.
In the evening we visited Marcin's mother and his brother; we spent there over two hours, talking, eating and showing Christmas photos. Again, the atmosphere was amicable and harmonious. Marcin's bro was very curious about my Nikon camera; he wondered how I could spend so much money on a camera...
When we came back, we watched a Polish comedy from the 70'ties...but we didn't find it funny at all. That Polish communist reality was completely imcomprehensible for us, born in the eighties.
Anyway, we both agreed that this year's Chrismas has been really successful. What's more, although it was secular celebration, devoid of any kind of church and catholic connotations, I enjoyed it very much.
Tags: christmas
Firstly, because of our Christmas tree, it's very special to have a real tree in our new home. We decorated it with baubles and lights - it looks wonderful and gives a lovely smell creating christmas-y atmosphere:) Plus, the smell of oranges also reminds me of Christmas:)
Secondly, Christmas Eve was very pleasant, with lots of laughter, good humour, delicious fish (mostly carp and herring) and mushroom dishes and presents! Santa has again been particularly generous:) I got a lot of gifts for our new home: food processor (juicer, grinder, blender etc), fitted bed sheet, a collection of towels and lots of other smaller gifts: pyjamas, chocolates, chocolate bars, Chocolate Bottles with Liqueur, a lovely perfume and deodorant from Marcin - C-thru Pearl Garden, and Musk and Jasmine Bath Oil... Marcin got scented computer pillows to put under wrist; Amber Bath Oil; some sweets and peanuts. I got also some money from my grandpa and my cousin.
Christmas Day was also very nice. Marcin visited my grandma for the first time. It was a huge family gathering: my grandma, my dad, my sister and her b/f, my cousin from Warsaw with her husband and a little girl - Julia, and my second cousin with her husband and 2 daughters: Kinga (11) and Lidia (2). 13 people altogether. My mum was absent because she had to be at work, and my uncle and aunt were absent because of uncle's illness. But for them, there would have been 16 members of my family at the Chrismas table - a true record! Because there 3 small children, most of the attention focused on them. They entertained all adults: What sound does a cow make? A dog make? A duck make? Say Mama! etc... :) So, Marcin and I, with my sister and herb/f weren't tortured with questions about getting married, our present jobs or lack of them, studies or lack of them etc... Thanks to it, the atmosphere was quite relaxed and friendly. Plus, our uncle was absent, so there wasn't excessive vodka drinking or heated and pointless discussions about politics.
In the evening we visited Marcin's mother and his brother; we spent there over two hours, talking, eating and showing Christmas photos. Again, the atmosphere was amicable and harmonious. Marcin's bro was very curious about my Nikon camera; he wondered how I could spend so much money on a camera...
When we came back, we watched a Polish comedy from the 70'ties...but we didn't find it funny at all. That Polish communist reality was completely imcomprehensible for us, born in the eighties.
Anyway, we both agreed that this year's Chrismas has been really successful. What's more, although it was secular celebration, devoid of any kind of church and catholic connotations, I enjoyed it very much.
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