Christmas is getting closer, and the "low stress" nature of the event is still more or less on track. An awful lot has been done, with just a few things to go...
- All but two of the presents have been bought, including both Secret Santa gifts. Of the presents that have been purchased, one needs collected and then wrapped. That last isn't ideal, as the best time to get it is Christmas Eve, and I'd rather not have to deal with it then.
- The Christmas cards still need written and sent, with one exception (the most difficult). Some of that may be on my list for this evening.
- The Big Shop before Christmas obviously still needs to be done. My hope is to do almost all of this next Friday as part of our regular shop, with just the remnants to pick up the following Monday.
- Speaking of the final Monday, the turkey and other components of the meal need to be picked up from the butchers. Which may cue a whole lot of worry about other things that have been overlooked or that turn out harder than expected.
- And then, of course, there is the Cooking of the Food, an event so monumental that it must be capitalised.
The last thing, which isn't on the strict To Do list (because it's optional) is my Christmas Baking. This is the first year in quite some time that I've had a window of quiet time between ending work and Christmas Day itself (usually I either finish on Christmas Eve or there's only a weekend, or part of a weekend, before). So I have a list of baking that I'd like to do, and there's actually scope to do some or all of it.
But, alas, it doesn't seem that I'm likely to get to the true "and... relax" moment until the very end of the season this year.
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