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Christmas is fast approaching! On Sunday it is already the 1st Sunday in Advent, so on Saturday I will bring out my Advent decorations. I have some American Christmas houses, some angels, some red hearts to hang in the kitchen window and some big snowflakes, which I always bring up to Advent. I enjoy unpacking them and putting them in place. Then the Christmas spirit comes straight away. I have already ironed the Advent cloth, so it is ready. Weekly tasks: 1. Decoration for Advent On Sunday it is the 1st Sunday of Advent. It is time to hang stars...

Now we are already in the middle of November, and I feel that I am well on track with my Christmas preparations. Many Christmas presents are ready to be wrapped, and the Christmas cards are in boxes. Pleasant pursuits such as wrapping presents and writing Christmas cards, I wait a bit. Yesterday there were exactly two weeks left until the 1st Sunday in Advent, so this week I will focus on getting my Advent decorations ready. Weekly tasks: 1. Buy candles and tealights Advent and Christmas are high season for the use of candles. Buy what you need for tealights...

At the weekend I washed the windows and hung the Christmas curtains in the living room, so now I can cross that off my list. I have red Christmas curtains with no pattern, so I figured I might as well hang them up now that I actually had the time. The next few weekends are already almost full with programs, so it's great to be able to get away with a little extra now. There have already been Christmas films on TV and P7 Klem Jul started again on Friday, so now there is no doubt that we are approaching...

Happy Halloween! Today is October 31, and we are approaching the penultimate month of the year. Now I feel that I am well underway with my Christmas preparations. My goal is to be done with most of it before the end of the month. The first Sunday of Advent is the 27th of November, and it fits very well into my plans. A few more Christmas presents are in the box and it's delicious. When the Halloween decorations will soon be cleared away, I will find more of my lanterns and tealight holders. It's so nice to be able to...

Happy Monday! Have you ticked off a few more gifts on your list now? I am well underway with my lists. True to tradition, I have also found a Christmas stocking that I am embroidering on. I have worked on it a little every autumn for the past few years, and now I am getting close to finishing it. It's nice to embroider a little on it every evening, now that the evenings are getting darker and darker. Weekly tasks: 1. Christmas card photography If you are going to use a Christmas card with your own Christmas picture, then the...