Tuesday, December 04, 2018

'tis the season...

In the Distill household, the Christmas season is officially launched, not by the switching on of St Albans' lights...

(this year at two different locations, one at the high street main stage featuring stars of the Alban Arena's pantomime Cinderella, and the other at the Clock Tower by St Albans mayor Rosemary Farmer to the accompaniment of festive tunes from local musician Minnie Birch - of whom you will hear a lot more in the coming months)


...but by the playing of Jon Anderson's Three Ships album in our living room.


And it happened today, the fourth day of Advent. I spent a couple of hours leafleting one corner of the city for the local Green Party, and returned home to find the Christmas tree in place and illuminated, and the surrounding floor covered with all of the dangly things we could possibly dangle on it. Jess came home from work, Three Ships was launched, the tree was adorned, and the Season was welcomed in.


It'll look even more the part when the rest of the decorations go up and I photograph it with a better camera and no flash!

Yesterday, Grace and I shared Bohemian Rhapsody with two other couples at the local Odeon. It's brilliant, a must-see for every Queen fan! We've been waiting until its final week of showing - and went at 2:30 - in order to miss the crowds; hence the small audience!



So, the tree's up, the tree's lit, the rest of the decorations are in now in boxes on the floor and very much in the way, insisting that we finish the job very soon. Mince pies are part of our staple diet, and I've started writing the cards.

Darn! I forgot to buy the sherry!

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