When we first got the kittens, I did weekly updates for the first month. Due to the business of the holiday season and in order to not overdo it, I’ve decided to go for monthly updates in the future. They…
The Kittens at Week 12
After nearly a month with us, the kittens were both getting much more adventurous. In particular, Zosia is madly obsessed with getting into the office or bedroom. Sometimes she will even sit by the bedroom this time, door, meowing when…
Christmas Day
The weather Christmas Day was cold by Arizona standards, but fairly clear. We did the British version of Christmas this time, doing what Americans would very much think of as Thanksgiving food: turkey, stuffing, potatoes (roasted and mashed), parsnips, carrots, green…
Wesołych Świąt! (Happy Christmas! (Merry Christmas! (Feliz Navidad!)))
Chris grew up celebrating a British Christmas day, but also celebrating Wigilia, which is the traditional Polish Christmas Eve, as his maternal grandparents were from Poland. This was our first attempt at doing Wigilia on our own. The word comes from…
Christmas Party!
Our apartment community has done parties for many major holidays and Christmas was no exception. As it was a bit colder, this was not a pool party, but rather took place in the club house and the outside areas around…
Christmastime in Arizona
December is the coldest month in Arizona, so the Christmas season hasn’t quite been like being in the Southern Hemisphere during the Christmas period. That said, other than São Paulo, Brazil, this is the warmest place I’ve been during the…
National Tree DUH-75 7.5-feet Dunhill Fir Hinged Artificial Christmas Tree
As I’ve recently discussed, we didn’t bring too much with us when we came over from the UK. We got rid of lots of things before moving. We didn’t actually get rid of our Christmas tree, but it’s still 5000…
A HiJenx Christmas
We have done all of our Christmases now. We did one in Wisconsin before we left with my parents, sister and brother-in-law, which was similar to part of what we did the other years we went to the US. We…
Minor Differences: Christmas Shopping
Much of what pertains to Christmas and its preparations in the US and the UK is similar, but of course, not everything. Here’s a video of us exploring some of the things are US specific to Christmas:
Minor Differences: Christmas Ornaments
The British tend to put something they call a bauble on their Christmas trees. Americans would probably recognize this as a type of ornament often called Christmas balls. The bauble or ball is just the beginning of what Christmas ornaments are on…