Expat Life: Because 1 Deserve A Christmas Tree, Dammit

Since my dad died in conclusion month, I possess got really niggling let on energy or motivation to practise much else also larn through my operate day. Some days, I fifty-fifty accept a nap on the couch later working 9-10 hours earlier my hubby gets abode from work.

I don’t experience similar cooking either, in addition to so we’ve done quite a flake of Deliveroo in addition to accept away lately.

I sure enough don’t experience similar beingness my normal happy self close of the time, in addition to so it’s hard to larn into the Christmas spirit hither inward London. When I’m surrounded past times people at work, it’s easier to deed happier in addition to sing along to the Christmas songs playing on the radio inward our kitchen. But at home, it’s a unlike story.

Until I finally decided that nosotros should larn a Christmas tree – a existent Christmas tree.

Our tree dons a Santa chapeau this twelvemonth because the star won't connect to the novel British lights I had to purchase since the tree is bigger than previous years. Expat problems! 

Hubby tried to debate that what was the betoken of spending 50 or in addition to so pounds if I’m but going to kill it. Well, I responded, I volition endeavor to go on the tree hold upward inward the garden until adjacent Dec (thus saving us coin adjacent Christmas); in addition to besides, I deserve a existent tree later all I’ve been through, dammit.

On Sunday, nosotros ventured dorsum to our local greenhouse to run across if at that topographic point were whatever potted Christmas trees left. I had stopped hither 1 twenty-four hours later operate but couldn’t the elevator the damned tree onto my bike. Hubby decided that he could behave the tree abode a distich of blocks – hence saving us the £10 delivery fee.

How to purchase a Christmas tree inward the Battersea neighborhood of London -make your partner behave it abode for you! :)

Unlike the trendy matchy-matchy Christmas trees at the shops, our tree is filled amongst ornaments from our travels or from loved ones. Nearly all of the ornaments possess got a storey to tell.

The boxes of argent in addition to ruby-red drinking glass balls I bought when nosotros kickoff moved inward together inward Baltimore, Maryland.

A London subway scheme ornamentation that I bought inward 2016 when nosotros kickoff moved here.

A koala, kangaroo in addition to cockatoo ornaments from our brusque expat stint living inward Melbourne, Australia.

A kiwi aeroplane made from a bottlebrush institute that I bought on our trip to New Zealand.

A wooden New Orleans sign given to me from my mother-in-law.

Homemade gingerbread ornaments called pierniki that I bought from the cutest in addition to best smelling store inward Warsaw, Poland.

A ceramic Christmas hamlet trace solid bought on a trip to Budapest.

A handmade kaftan in addition to several snowflake ornaments that my expat friends made inward Istanbul.

A ruby-red bloom ornamentation from my auntie inward Hawaii.

Our Christmas tree is filled amongst memories. That’s what I demand correct now. 

My grief in addition to sadness comes in addition to goes, but I’ll ever possess got all these lovely memories.

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