We all have silly traditions when it comes to Christmas.
It’s the time of year where memories float forward into psychi again, like an ebbing tide ,
and traditions visited again, gives you a sense of time and place and person and emotion.
I have only one full day off before being back on night duty on Wednesday, and so after a sleep I thought I’d hang the Christmas cards already delivered around the living room
My tradition is to fill every wall in the room.
It’s not a big tradition , but like all mini obsessions, it’s pleasing when it’s completed.
I’m three quarters completed so far.
Albert has not moved from his new position in the bedroom window seat.
He was carefully watching Trendy Carol pass when I last saw him
She has a new bright orange puffer jacket .
Our Christmas traditions are very simple - plenty of champagne and Lindt truffles!
ReplyDeleteOhhhhh you pair are just like Romans
DeleteBad tempered postman. Not good, but I imagine they're kept more than busy at this time of year. I'm sure you'll receive a lot of cards from your blog audience (probably why you have a cussing postie!). Pre-Covid, Christmas and the run up to is enjoyable although I find the post Christmas period a bit of a downer. Come January 1st decorations always seem rather tired. Still, there's a new year around the corner and we can all hope it's a better one than this one.It can't be any worse! I may even get to Trelawnyd and walk up the Gop again.
ReplyDeleteCall me and we will walk up together
DeleteWill do.
DeleteI will look forward to it
DeleteWe always treat our lovely cheerful postman Paul to a bottle of something, he wears shorts in all weathers, he’s still in them now . But certainly wouldn’t treat a grumpy one !
ReplyDeleteI think I may do
Deleterry Christmas from a rainy Southern California. :)
ReplyDeleteYou retook deArheart x
DeleteWe hang our cards on strings too but don't have as many as you. My sister and I have the tradition of buying the Christmas Radio Times. Our late Mum always bought it. My eldest son and my niece both posted they have theirs on FB. Silly really as we all have Sky TV. Mum would have 99 today.
ReplyDeleteIf I can’t fill the whole room , I shall be upset x
Deletea friend of mine at the post said Christmas cards being sent is the lowest he's seen in years.
ReplyDeleteBut looking at that pile, it must be just the US.
I take great joy in every card, I always have ...and always will x
DeleteMy dogs have changed their routine recently which I am worried about.My top dog slept on my head and since he passed(but I think is visiting still)I can't sleep upstairs but my lovely lily would sleep there-now only nap and the vet told me she has a small heart murmur last week and so teddy bear has scrambled on in her place x
ReplyDeleteThey change their routines flis ...don’t worry xx
DeleteI just mailed all my/spouse's cards today; 40 total cards. there is one card with a UK address on it! :)
ReplyDeleteAnd a phone call too? Xxx
DeleteWe receive very few snail mail cards now. Some extended family still send Christmas letters (that American tradition) by post, but even those are beginning to show up via email.
ReplyDeleteSend me your addresss x
Deletesame, mitchell; I would LOVE to include youse guys on my card list!
DeleteAlbert is the wise one.
ReplyDeleteHe took over as serial diplomat from George
DeleteWho was a delightfully self assured Scottie
I miss him so
Dear Albert ...
DeleteI display our cards this way too. For many Christmases our whole house was festooned in garlands of cards - the kids used to get so many! Nowadays we only have enough to cover the lounge and hall
ReplyDeletewow...that's a lot of cards! i've received 2. we used to hang ours on the arch between the living and dining room when i was little.
ReplyDeleteWell you certainly are a popular man! What a fun tradition! I hang mine in the living room/dining room area of my home but I don't get so very many! I enjoy the ones with family photos and/or newsletters.
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas, John, and Best wishes for a very happy, healthy New Year!! :)
That is a lot of cards, and more are on the way.
ReplyDeleteEvery tradition completed is a small victory over Covid
ReplyDeleteChristmas traditions are even more important this year. You have a grand collection of cards beautifully displayed. The personal notes and warm wishes are touching. You have friends worldwide! Amazing.
ReplyDeleteI hang mine on string back and forth like a zig zag in my living room... makes its own holiday décor.
ReplyDeleteLove your festive card display and I hope you receive enough to go all the way around the room.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was a child in Memphis, Tennessee (think Elvis!), the postman came twice a day during December because there were so very many Christmas cards to deliver. These days, not so many.
I wonder if the top small card atop the box in the first photo is from me. Looks like the same stamp I used but I cannot see the handwritten address clearly.
Hugs!
For all of my daughter’s forty four years, I’ve had a blue tin with a snowman painted on it and it’s where I’d put every Christmas card we’d get in the mail. Since she could read our daughter would get in and read each one separately, then ask who each sender was. I’d make up funny stories about each one. We’ve spent the last three years living 1,000 miles apart, but I send her the cards in a big envelope the day after Christmas. Each one has a little story about the sender.
ReplyDeleteThis is so beautiful.Lovely tradition.
DeleteIf only I could do the same with all the Christmas Emails I receive.
ReplyDeleteI've always known you are rich with friends and your Christmas cards are a good example! I don't receive many cards anymore but I don't send out as many as I used to. I'm trying to change that. Hanging your cards is not a silly tradition! I think they are meant to be displayed!
ReplyDeleteYour room looks so Christmassy
ReplyDeleteThat's a lot of cards and you still have more waiting to go up no doubt. Enjoy filling the walls, it looks very Christmassy. As for the miserable postie ... Bah Humbug to him!!
ReplyDeleteOur living room always had strings of Christmas cards around it when I was a child. But now, my forlorn little group of cards (all 5 of them) stand on the mantel alongside my 3 illuminated, snow-covered cottages and a few sprigs of holly.
ReplyDeleteHoly moly, do you get Christmas cards! I thought I was doing good this year by getting six so far, LOL!
ReplyDeleteWe used to get loads of cards, especially when my friend Lisa moved in with me and my daughter. We did the same thing with hanging them all around the living room. Now I only get enough to stand them on the mantel. Electronic cards just aren't the same!
ReplyDeleteThat's just lovely we used to do that as well it was exciting when the mailman came around. Enjoy the season John,
ReplyDeleteBack in the day, before emailing and texting became a thing, I use to get tons of Christmas cards...
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