My dil goes mmmmm

More than a month to go, but they are already dressing up the city. Christmas trees, decorations, stars and angels, bright lights and a whole lot of red everywhere! Maybe its just the most 'marketable' festival, but that doesnt stop it from being my favourite. There's something really dreamy and surreal about the festival season. It tingles.

I always wait with bated breath for any festival. I love the preparations, the anticipation, the festivities-before-the-festival. But one thing I dont like is the abrupt end it all comes to. Like you wake up the day after Diwali, or Holi, and its all gone. There's nothing left of it, except memories, and the wait for a year.

But christmas is different. You can still wake up 26th december, and look forward to the new year celebrations. You can still be in the holiday mood. You can still see the lights and decorations for another few weeks. You can still enjoy the festivities. Its this gradual build-up and gradual build-down which makes it so special. It is knowing, that its a festive season, and not just a festive day, that makes my dil go mmmm mmmm....

I feel it in my fingers,

I feel it in my toes,

Christmas is all around me,

and so the feeling grows

-Soundtrack, Love Actually

Inspired by: The biggest-est christmas tree at Telford Plaza, and the christmas special Toffee Nut Latte from Starbucks :)