countdown...

Tomorrow is the first of December and till this morning I did not have an advent calendar. What a disaster.

The fact is that I am a Christmas freak. Already when I was little I would spend hours and hours planning the team for the wrapping for all my presents etc. I am not too bothered about Christmas itself and I don’t do Christmas shopping but I love waiting and preparing for the festive season.

So, this year I didn’t have a calendar. When we were little, my grandparents would always make us an advent calendar with little present in it. Every third day it would be my turn. I loved it. I would look at the next parcel and examine it without touching it (because that was not allowed) and try to guess what it had in it.

This morning I went to the post office to get a packet, not knowing what I was getting – IT WAS AN ADVENT CALENDER. My friend in Switzerland had made me 24 little present with numbers on them. I couldn’t believe it. I ran home, cleared space from the top of my little shelf and organised the little wrappings into numerical order. They look so cute. And so Christmassy.

I am so excited. And I still have to wait until tomorrow morning to open the first one. I already looked at it and tried to guess what it has inside. But it is a bit difficult. I have a hunch though.

…but I wont sleep tonight…

ps. i know my mum has sent me one with pictures - oh, i'm so lucky!