Is It Nearly Christmas?

Christmas has been on my mind over the last few days! It’s one of those times of year that you dread or love, often in equal measure. And is it me, or are we bombarded with reminders to buy things for Christmas much earlier these days? I mean it’s August for goodness’ sake.

I’ve already had letters from charities containing their Christmas card, wrapping and gift selections for this year. Companies are starting to announce their Christmas advent calendars, to entice you to buy them before the competition gets to you first. I crochet and the patterns appearing in the pattern stores online are starting to be Christmassy to allow you time to make them and of course the Christmas novel selections are starting to appear for pre-order and on the prepublication review sites.

Even my favourite maple tree in the garden has begun to drop its leaves, reminding me that the seasons are changing.

Every year, I promise to get organised with presents and cards earlier, but inevitably I end up with a last minute rush. Thankfully, I have a husband who cooks Christmas dinner, so I don’t have to worry about that.

So, I fell for the advertising and ordered my favourite page-a-day calendar 2025 for myself, my sister and my friend, before they ran out of stock.

We have had a lot of changes in our family this year, so who knows what we will be up to and who will be with us or where we will celebrate Christmas. I hope that things will be clearer by then.

If you are looking for Christmas reads, don’t forget my novels by the way, two are blatantly Christmas novels, Christmas at Borteen Bay and Christmas at the Little Beach Café, but even The Truth Lies Buried and A New Arrival in Borteen Bay have Christmas references too – just in case you want to get yourself in the mood early … It almost makes me want to write another Christmas book.