Hello you lovely people,
That time of the year is finally here. It's the holiday season and Christmas has taken over most of this planet. Whether you live in a country where it's hugely celebrated or not, Christmas is everywhere. A festive storm has passed all over this tiny planet and left a trace of Christmas trees, baubles, tinsel, mulled wine, stuffed turkeys and what not?!
Tonight is Christmas eve, tomorrow Christmas day and within a few weeks most of the festivities the storm left will be put back in boxes up the attic, or for the tree and the turkey been burnt or eaten. A short period of time in which we all become a bit nicer and more giving. Even though the weather isn't ideal and the cold is horrible and calls for immediate hot chocolate we still love this time of the year. God knows why?
In Holland Christmas isn't a very big thing yet most of us do celebrate it. I love Christmas and the whole holiday season. Where people mostly care about themselves, around Christmas they seem not to for a little while. Friends and family become more important then ever and the world just seems a little less dark.
So I just want to wish you all a very merry Christmas and if you don't celebrate Christmas I hope you have a wonderful holiday!! 2014 is slowly coming to an end. 2015 is only a week away!!!!!!!! For me 2014 has been an amazing year and I am so ready to see what 2015 has to offer. This year hasn't been the easiest for me and for a too big amount of people in the world. If 2014 has been rough on you just know that I already am incredibly proud of you surviving up on to this point!!! You have pretty much survived the whole of 2014, 365 days, 8760 hours, 525600 minutes, 31536000 seconds and how amazing is that.
To everyone out there right now I hope you have the most wonderful holiday season ever and enjoy every minute of it!
I love you all! Have a wonderful time!
Lots of love,
ThatDutchGirl96
Hello!
It is finally here! The most magical, sometimes beautiful, cold, christmassy and the last month of the year 2014. Time for more hot chocolates, more wearing onesies, Christmas trees, fairy lights, presents under the tree, fireworks, singing Christmas songs, eating lot's and lot's of food, ice skating and hopefully a nice layer of snow.
December, a month that makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside at the mere sound of it's name. The last month before a year comes to an end and the last month before a new year can kick off. Yet there are 27 days left before the new year comes peaking around the corner. December. Yes. My magical month.
First of all, the most important part of December, CHRISTMAS! In about 21 days it is finally there. Almost a year has passed since last Christmas and that's long enough if you ask me. For a Dutchy I'm pretty enthusiast about Christmas. For us Christmas is not really about presents and Santa Claus and all that stuff.
We have our own version of that called "Sinterklaas" also known as "Saint Nicholas". It's pretty much the exact same as Santa Claus apart from the celebration date as Sinterklaas is celebrated on December fifth.
Personally I prefer Christmas, just the whole atmosphere around it. The smells, the Christmas trees, the decorations, the fairy lights, the great times with family and friends, the sweaters and the socks and the fire lighting up in fireplaces.
Since November first I have been ready for Christmas and now December has finally started my excitement can barely be contained. I was born ready for Christmas.
Second, snow. That rare form of solid fluids, falling from the skies in countless formations all with the same structure yet all in different forms. Some touch the ground and turn back into water immediately where others stay there for a while and make the surface go white. Despite all the struggles that come along with snow like trains being unable to take thousands of people to all the different places it still is a marvellous natural event. Last year no snow fell in Holland and there wasn't even a sign of winter around. It was weirdly warm which made winter feel very uncomfortable which nobody really cared about. Hopefully we will have more luck this time. And if not long live the unnatural ice skating rinks.
December bring it on, I am ready for you and I am ready for everything that has yet to come after you. This year has been an amazing year and I am happy to be alive. This will be a December to remember.
Lots of love,
ThatDutchGirl96
