How are you going to spend these Christmas Holidays? In my city, the restrictions are increasing with the past of the days so we still don’t know what is going to happen with special days like Christmas or New Year’sEve.
In spite of everything, I have some plans: to eat a lot.
My country is famous for its gastronomy, the 50 provinces of Spain have their own typical dishes and a huge variety of recipes and obviously, for Christmas, we prepare a lot of food to share with family, but unfortunately this year we won’t share all this food with the all our relatives. A sad situation for many families.
But as incredible as it may seem this will be the first time my husband and I are going to celebrate a traditional Christmas meal at home.
My parents and I haven’t been celebrating Christmas as is usual for many years but during this terrible quarantine something made change my mom’s thoughts and she decided to celebrate a traditional Christmas meal with us, so there is the reason for my CFM (Christmas Food Marathon). Something good had to happen to all of us during those months!
This is the reason for my desire to celebrate Christmas this year, it’s sad to think I won’t enjoy the big and noisy Christmas meals with all my family but I’ll get a different celebration, this year we’ll enjoy the calm and the intimacy as never we’ve done before during these days.
Another plan for my Christmas is to stay at home, this is not the best plan as I used to do years ago when I went to visit different Christmas markets but not this holidays.
A positive thing I’ve learnt about it is that I don’t need to spend a lot of money on Christmas decoration.
If you take a look on Instagram or Pinterest you can find big houses with gorgeous decoration, everyone happy wearing knitting jerseys and drinking hot chocolate with marshmallows in front of a big fireplace.
This is not me, for sure. But it’s not a trauma! I’m not this kind of Christmas person neither I’m a Grinch one!
My problem is called Konmary method, from Marie Kondo the expert of order and cleaning in the houses hahaha.
To be honest, I can’t buy things I’m going to use only one time during the year like these stuff, it’s not an issue about having a good taste for decoration it’s just I don’t know what to do with all this stuff during the rest of the year. And about have space for it!
So this year I won’t feel bad with myself for not decorate the house, even having my parents at home for the first time on Christmas!
Neither I won’t feel sad for not wearing a new dress for my Christmas Eve dinner at my sister-in-law, every year it looked as if it was a catwalk, too much stress I’ve had this year as to have more! So no make-up and no fancy dresses, I just will enjoy the delicious food and the lovely company of my family.
And what’s about you? Are you going to spend a traditional Christmas as other years or this one will be different?
Whatever how is going, just remember to enjoy the small things and the desserts!
Have a wonderful weekend.
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