It really does deserve to be called the 'silly-season' I think because how can one not go a bit crazy when what seems like three-quarter's of your year's social activities are crammed into one month. I think they even go more over-board here in the UK than in NZ because while we're all relaxed about the prospect of a nice long summer break, here it's a whirlwind of December madness before the unimitigating gloom and doom of January and February.
We've had all sorts of things on, ranging from work and university Christmas parties (the bottomless glass of prosecco party being my personal favourite), to Secret Cinema which was absolutely so much fun (but I can't tell you about it because that would spoil the secret for the people yet to go!), to leaving parties and DJ nights (my friend Duncan DJ'd at the Ministry of Sound which is a really big deal as it's one of the most famous clubs in London and we thought it was a great excuse to go and check it out), to me organising 14 of us to go to a big pub lunch and ice-skating outside the Natural History Museum...
And that's just what's been happening, not to mention the birthday party in Cambridge, Aston Villa vs Liverpool game in Birmingham, Christmas lunch, more work parties, and then RUSSIA (it definitely deserves all-caps) that's going to happen between now and Christmas.
Oof!
I've got lots of photos of various things that we've been doing, but have yet to find time to upload them all. They include my first ever batch of mince pies which were pretty yum and the decorations I've hung on the chilli plant in lieu of a pine tree (well, considering the size of our house it'd be a pine branch probably...). I'll get them up as soon as I can.
In the interim though, Merry Christmas to everyone! I'm, as always, missing the sunshine and everything that comes with a Kiwi Christmas, but having lots of mulled wine to make up for it. Got to make the cold worthwhile somehow!
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