"I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year."
A Christmas Carol; Charles Dickens
I know that many people would throw their hands up in horror at my suggestion that the Christmas Season, at least in part, began today. But that's the way with the younger members of our family: the "bers" (September, October, November and December) bring Christmas with them.
That's not to say that we throw up the decorations at the first possible whiff of a frost but, on the first of September, we begin to look forward to the festive season. Planning presents, ensuring that old traditions are maintained and (dare I admit it) playing the first Christmas music.
The kind of Christmas music that you'd play at the beginning of September wouldn't be Silent Night or It Came Upon a Midnight Clear. It wouldn't even be Stop the Cavalry or Do They Know It's Christmas?. It's Maddy Prior and the Carnival Band's amazing concept album: Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh.
Anyway, back to business. I should really have begun by welcoming you to our blog. The idea behind it is to share memories, traditions, gift ideas and many, many other aspects of our family Christmases. We always tell everyone that "no one does Christmas like the Crow Family", and now we're going to put some things out there that might explain why!
Prepare to be taken on a festive journey, empty your minds of the troubles and stresses of everyday life and get into the Christmas spirit. Or, as Tiny Tim observed, God Bless Us, Every One!
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