.i.love.christmas.

...I LOVE CHRISTMAS...

Christmas is my favorite time of the year. I love it. I love it because of what it means to me. I love it that you get to spend time with family and friends. I love putting up our Christmas tree. I love playing Christmas music. I love exchanging gifts. I love people's delight as they unwrap their gifts. I love the good food Christmas brings. And I love my mum's Christmas pudding. I just LOVE Christmas.

I'm almost tempted to put our Christmas tree up before the 1st of December but Jeremy isn't so excited about that idea. What will he do if he comes home from work one day and the tree happened to be up?! I doubt he'd go to the fuss of putting it down again! =)

I have been strictly told that Christmas music will not be played before December 1st. I've already broken that rule. Zeke and I like to dance to "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree!"

Our Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, has decided to give most families in Australia who recieve a specific tax type a one off payment of $1000 per child on December 8th this year. That will come in very handy to buy Christmas presents and also a few other things that we have on a long list of things to do around our house!

I already have a Christmas list of gifts to buy, all my wrapping paper & ribbon. I'm ready to go!

I have been really enjoying baking the last month and have been trying a lot of new recipes. I have discovered a Gingerbread Cake which is so delicious and reminds me of Christmas. Another one of my favorites is an Apple Crumble Cake which is divine too! Some other ones I've tried havent turned out so successfully but that's ok.

I have an Apple Crumble Cake baking as I write this post and it's almost done so I'm going to go and get it out of the oven....and maybe even eat some myself! =)