This weekend i've seen every department store Christmas advert (Personal fave is the John Lewis advert) and the Coca Cola advert which means tis, officially, the season to be jolly (fa la la la laaaaa), but im not quite in the spirit yet, its only the beginning of November!! I, personally, think that christmas is drawn out too long, as soon as it hits October, BHS get all their tat out and as Halloween and Bonfire night breeze on by we are bombarded with everything festive, as if santa came and vomitted all over town.
I am led to believe that Advent Calendars are most peoples favourite way to start celebrating this time of year. I dont remember getting advent calendars with chocolates in as a child, I just remember there being a picture behind each window and im sure my sister and I took it in turns to open the windows. I wouldnt mind, but im sure I wasnt a deprived child, from a deprived family! I often felt a bit like I may've missed out but after tasting cheap advent calendar chocolate I quickly decided I wasnt that bothered!!
This year I have decided to make the Advent Calendar into Advent Bunting, I have bought some sweet shop paper bags with christmas trees on and i've painted some wooden pegs gold and will attach 25 bags to some string and fill them with treats or christmas jokes/riddles/festive surprises for my housemates. Im hoping this turns into a fun little treat and gets us all in the christmas spirit and may even brighten up those cold dark mornings when we have to go to work!
You can buy the Sweet Shop paper bags on ebay, I got mine for about £1.50 for 100 bags, the pegs cost me £1 from poundworld for 48, and I will probably get some treats from there too, you can get jokes/riddles online and write them on little cards which are also quite cheap, so its cost effective festive fun meaning more money to spend on real pressies!!
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