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the tree

11 Friday Dec 2020

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tree

Here it is… my first Christmas tree in over 28 years. Well, as I told you yesterday, it’s not really mine. Although this is my fourth Christmas in this Casa Az it’s the first time my downstairs neighbour has put up a little tree in the entrance, and I love it. I’ve been told it’s not “finished” yet and am intrigued to see what will end up on it next. Maybe I should add some tinsel?

UPDATE: As you can see, more decs have been added as promised though still not sure if this means it is “finished”. Also noticed that the ornaments still have price tags attached. Ummm…

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15 days to go!

10 Thursday Dec 2020

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very special christmas

So it’s now just 15 days until Christmas! For many it’s just another day. For others it’s an excuse to travel abroad to visit family and kill other people because you couldn’t just NOT DO THIS in the exact same way for just one year. Still others (like you and me!) are looking forward to enjoying the holiday season and celebrating it in our own way. And so rather than complain about all the Covidiots out there (for a change), I thought it would be nice to talk about how we have been adapting to the changes thrown our way this past year and, especially, how we are going to celebrate this very special Christmas.
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christmas magic

09 Wednesday Dec 2020

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mariaMaria December 9th 2020

I mean, what are the odds? These days I am only going out about once a week, so it’s not often I run into people I know. But by some lovely chance today I happened to see Maria @tierradeconejos having lunch outside with friends at Las Teresas as I was on my way home from having tapas. I don’t think we’ve seen each other since before the pandemic. So we talked about how random it was that we would see each other, since Maria is also restricted from travelling into Sevilla and was here for a business meeting. Then we realised that we were at the very same place we had first met many years ago (Maria is one of my first ever official stalkers!), so of course I had to take a pic of her inside under the jamones. Then when I got home I looked up the photo I took of her and her friend Ania on the day we met AND IT WAS THE EXACT SAME DATE as today, December 9th, but seven years earlier in 2013. Must be Christmas Magic.   🙂

maria aniaMaria and Ania December 9th 2013

christmas doesn’t need “saving”

04 Friday Dec 2020

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Sent to me my my lovely friend Pilar and really it says it all. Even if you aren’t a believer (I am not, but I am a lover of Christmas), I think the true meaning of Christmas is the same for many of us. We don’t need the parties, meeting up with friends and family to feel Christmas alive in our hearts, to feel genuine love and compassion for others, and to share that with others albeit virtually. Translation below…

I don’t know who invented the phrase “Save Christmas” and honestly I am a little tired of hearing it and reading it on social media, I would like to say that Christmas is not being saved because Christmas “IS”.
It is a space of time that for those of us who believe in God which has a meaning of Hope, Faith and Love, we live this time with the hope that the world will become more human and more caring. This year it will be different, the dinners, parties, meetings will be different, perhaps we cannot share it with all our relatives but our love towards them will remain the same.
We must wish that each heart remains in this life, that not one more leaves us, we must SAVE LIVES not Christmas because Christmas will live and will continue to live each day in every one of us.